Elephants Can Remember - Book 30

Elephants Can Remember is an Agatha Christie mystery starring Hercule Poirot.  I got it on cd from the library to listen to in the car while I drove Sean and Becky various places or whenever I had to run errands.

I usually love Christie and am in awe of her wonderful writing skills.  I did love all the conversations in this book, partly because of the writing and partly because the reader, John Moffatt was so spectacularly good.  He impressed me so much I looked him up because I had never heard of him but apparently a major part of his career was playing Hercule Poirot on BBC radio productions of Christie books.  However wonderful some aspects of the book and audio were, I thought the story line was weak.  I knew what had happened half way through the book and I am usually lousy at guessing at these things.  I thought the plot was a bit thin and Christie dragged out the suspense in an obvious way.  So, surprisingly I didn't love this.  It was okay entertainment while driving around but it was a bit disappointing story-wise.

This book was published in 1972, four years before Christie's death  One little element I did like was what was written on the tombstone over the three people who had died:

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lord have mercy

Christ have mercy

Lord have mercy 

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