28. Dumb Witness (1937)

{also published as Poirot Loses a Client, Mystery at Littlegreen House, and Murder at Littlegreen House}

(I like the title Dumb Witness best.)

Dear Agatha,

Just simply a fun read. 


So this is a wire haired terrier.  Funny mention by Hastings of him needing to be "plucked."  This is how I envision Bob, which is, by the way, a silly name for the thing.  Don't you think something like Spanky or Whipper or even Sherlock would have been cuter? 

But that's about all I didn't care for.  Every thing else, as usual, is en pointe.  I especially loved the way you captured the character of Miss Emily Arundell even though she was with us in this life for only a few chapters.  I especially loved the way I could almost hear her talking and understand her agitation in the letter she wrote to Poirot.

Interesting... when the Sisters Trippe came on the scene, all I did was smirk a little at their foolishness.  Had I asked myself what was the purpose of including the spiritualism in the novel at all - had I employed my own little gray cells - perhaps I, too, might have deduced the murderer.

Well, not likely.  But perhaps the method?  Yeah, still not likely.

Anyhoo... Thank you for the fun, Dame Agatha.

Always,
Beth