#ariadne oliver

poirot:

Every Agatha Christie Book I’ve Read: the pale horse(1961)

Your criminal is someone who wants to be important, but who never will be important, because he’ll always be less than a man.

maisouipoirot:

MRS OLIVER: You know, it’s not very nice to discover a body.

POIROT: Non.

MRS OLIVER: I shall have to write a lot less screaming in future.

maisouipoirot:

Agatha Christie’s Poirot #60, “Third Girl” (2008)

maisouipoirot:

SHAITANA: It is modelled on the Alhambra.

MRS OLIVER: In Pontefract?

SHAITANA: In Spain.

MRS OLIVER: Oh, I thought you meant the picture house. Sorry.

maisouipoirot:

Agatha Christie’s Poirot #60, “Third Girl” (2008)

maisouipoirot:

- Fiddlesticks!

That’s unbeatable for you, M. Poirot!