The secretary’s beau is a no-gooder and had a tiff with Dr. The dentist’s secretary was called away on a family emergency that morning – turns out, it was a false telegram. He doesn’t believe the man was capable of killing himself. So, Poirot is curious about his dentist’s suicide. He doesn’t like failures – I suppose Poirot and I are similar in many ways than I want to admit.

But there are times when he’s being a bit too dramatic for my taste. I loved his detective skills, and I really don’t mind his eccentricities. My first Christie read was a Poirot – Murder on the Orient Express. Hmm, them grey cells not working as usual, Poirot? There are times when Poirot questions himself, wondering if age is finally getting to him. Okay, don’t shoot me, he’s not incompetent perhaps, but he certainly wasn’t at his best. This might come as a surprise to you, but I enjoyed this book for the very fact that papa Poirot was annoyed at his… *coughs* incompetence. “Hercule Poirot wants it to be murder, so it’s got to be murder.” One, Two, Buckle my Shoe by Agatha Christie As Poirot digs deeper into the case, the suspects and their alibis match… does this mean the doctor commit suicide? Or is Poirot growing old and unable to spot a liar among the suspects? There’s woman that Poirot met on his way out of the clinic – her buckle came off when she got off the taxi. Poirot decides to investigate – starts by questioning the patients present at the clinic on that fateful morning and Dr Morley’s employees.

He was cheerful just an hour before his death – so it’s just not possible for him to take an extreme step out of the blue. That same evening, he receives a call from Inspector Japp of the Scotland Yard, saying the dentist was found dead in his room. (Who doesn’t?) He observes a weird scenario at the clinic – there’s one man who looks like a murderer.

One two buckle my shoe christie