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Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie · first published 1923

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Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the investigator finds the man who penned the letter, the South American millionaire Monsieur Renauld, stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Apparently, it seems that Renauld and his wife were victims of a failed break-in, resulting in Renauld's kidnapping and death. There's no lack of suspec

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  • Symbiote · Nov 18, 2020 · Mentions

    …moment, but unfortunately doesn't have these titles. Would you particularly recommend any of the five they do have: - Poirot Investigates - The Secret Adversary - The Man in the Brown Suit - The Murder on the Links - The Mysterious Affair at Styles https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/agatha-christie

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  • thinkersilver · Sep 2, 2013 · Mentions

    …trick/method that I used while perfecting my German accent was shadowing that I found in a lanaguage forum somewhere. I took a book that I understood in the target language, in this case it was Agatha Christie's Murder on the Links; bought the audio book ( Mord auf dem Links), then repeated after the reader at pace without looking at the text. It was tiring mentally sometimes, but it helped greatly in pronunciation and aural comprehension…

    on “English has been my pain for 15 years” ↗
  • philsnow · Nov 19, 2020 · Mentions

    …A. A. Milne - The Red House Mystery A. Merritt - The Moon Pool Aesop - Fables Agatha Christie - Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie - The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie - The Murder on the Links Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary Aldous Huxley - Antic Hay ...

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