’Splendid... she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.’
--The Times
Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead...
Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead.
But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that ’old sins leave long shadows’.
1 A Literary Luncheon 9
2 First Mention of Elephants 31
Book 1 Elephants
3 Great Aunt Alice’s Guide to Knowledge 55
4 Celia 69
5 Old Sins Have Long Shadows 85
6 An Old Friend Remembers 101
7 Back to the Nursery 115
8 Mrs Oliver at Work 127
9 Results of Elephantine Research 143
10 Desmond 163
Book 2 Long Shadows
11 Superintendent Garroway and Poirot Compare Notes 181
12 Celia Meets Hercule Poirot 189
13 Mrs Burton-Cox 203
14 Dr Willoughby 219
15 Eugene and RosenteUe, Hair Stylists and Beauticians 231
16 Mr Goby Reports 239
17 Poirot Announces Departure 249
18 Interlude 255
19 Maddy and Zelie 259
20 Court of Enquiry 277
