At noon, Christine, Rosamund, Kenneth and Odell all met to play tennis.

An examination by the local police surgeon reveals she had been strangled by a man.īoth Poirot and the investigating officer, Inspector Colgate, interview the possible suspects about their movements during the morning – Kenneth had been typing letters the Gardeners had been with Poirot all morning Rosamund had been reading above Pixy Cove Blatt had gone sailing Linda and Christine went to Gull Cove and didn't return until before midday and both Lane and Major Barry were absent from the island. By midday, she is found dead by Patrick and Brewster while they are rowing. One morning, Arlena heads out for a secret rendezvous at Pixy Cove. During the initial part of his stay, Poirot notes that Arlena is a flirtatious woman, who flirts with Patrick much to the fury of his wife, and that her step-daughter hates her. He finds that the other hotel guests include: Arlena Marshall, her husband Kenneth, and her step-daughter Linda Horace Blatt Major Barry, a retired officer Rosamund Darnley, a former sweetheart of Kenneth Patrick Redfern, and his wife Christine, a former teacher Carrie Gardener, and her husband Odell Reverend Stephen Lane and Miss Emily Brewster, an athletic spinster. Hercule Poirot takes a quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon. When she is murdered during his stay, he finds himself drawn into investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder.

During his stay, he notices a young woman who is flirtatious and attractive, but not well liked by a number of guests. The novel features Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot, who takes a holiday in Devon. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. Evil Under the Sun is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1941 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October of the same year.

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