Dumb Witness
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Dumb Witness (published in 1937) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, as well as Arthur Hastings.
Plot
Emily Arrundell falls down a flight of stairs, an accident which everyone puts down to a ball left on the landing by her frisky pet terrier. However, as time goes by, Emily becomes more and more convinced that one of her relatives is trying to kill her and finally, on April 17, she writes a letter to Hercule Poirot. By fate's chance, Poirot does not open the letter until June 28, by which time Emily is already dead with the only witness, it seems, her dog (based on a dog owned by Christie).
Film versions
An adaptation was made for television in 1994.
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