
A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie
All About Agatha Christie
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The Time of Death
5.30 pm, Clu 1 is a classic, it has to do with timing. Henry Gascoigne was said to have died somewhere between the morning of the 3rd and the morning of 4th. We know that he dined at the gallant endeavor at 7.30 pm. The deduction is that we know the time of death somehow has to be more complicated than this. Can we figure out which? Well, I guess we can by moving on to Clu 2. And this is a tiny clue, but I think it's my favourite of the story.
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