![]() It is possible that A Haunting in Venice will transplant Hallowe’en Party’s small-town story to a bigger city to make the concentration of criminals seem more believable since the occupants of Woodleigh Common are a veritable rogue’s gallery in the Christie novel. After Joyce’s death, Poirot’s friend Ariadne Oliver calls him to Woodleigh Common to look into the mysterious murder, and before long, Poirot has uncovered an entire seedy underbelly in this idyllic rural burg. ![]() ![]() However, Hallowe’en Party doesn’t shy away from this taboo.Ģ022’s Christie homage See How They Run referenced The Mousetrap, whose enduring success could have encouraged Christie to explore a darker storyline in Hallowe’en Party. The death of a child is relatively rare in Christie’s stories which, while spooky, only occasionally take a turn for the outright bleak. The novel opens with the 13-year-old Joyce Reynolds telling anyone who will listen that she once witnessed a murder before Joyce herself is then drowned in an apple-bobbing tub during the eponymous event. Agatha was born as 'Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller' in 1890 to Frederick Alvah Miller and Clara Boehmer. ![]() ![]() A later Poirot story, Hallowe’en Party, also has the dubious distinction of being one of Christie’s darker stories featuring the character. Writer: Les petits meurtres dAgatha Christie. However, outside of its setting, A Haunting in Venice could still stick fairly close to the story of the Hallowe’en Party. ![]()
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