"Frederick Zackel"
fzackel@wcnet.org wrote:-
> I heard a thriller writing talking the other night about how his latest
> book has the "unique" plot device of having the detective investigating
> the crime and realizing that he might be the guilty party.
>The last Poirot by Agatha Christie had this plot.
>Poirot dies from complications of a heart condition at the end of >Curtain:
>Poirot's Last Case, where he moves his amyl nitrite pills out of his >reach.
>It is revealed at the end of Curtain that he fakes his need for a >wheelchair
>(he wants to fool people into believing that he is suffering from
>arthritis).
Believe in serendipity?
I just finished watching the 1946 movie, 'Black Angel' (Dan Duryea, Peter Lorre) which also uses this plot idea.
Eric
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