Analysis Of Hercule Poirot's A Lesson Before Dying

The most exciting part of the book is the accusation. After a relaxing picnic on the moors, everyone returned to news that Linda Marshall had overdosed on sleeping pills; they all gathered in the lounge to await news of her condition. As Hercule Poirot sat there, he began piecing together all the new information he had, matching them to the clues until finally, he had a series of events that fit in perfectly with all the information. At first he began talking about Linda. He knew why she blamed herself and knew she wasn’t the killer but kept on explaining how she could have done it. Her alibi wasn’t very strong, the size of her hands were similar to the strangulation marks, and she had the strength to do it. Furthermore, he went as far as reminding everyone that Linda’s late biological mother was once tried for murder. After that, he moved onto the possibility that she confessed to shield someone else who was one of the prime suspects in the case: her dad, Kenneth Marshall. Since Kenneth had a strong alibi, Poirot had to
They both had alibis at the supposed time of murder but that was part of their plan. That morning, Patrick had arranged to meet Arlena at Pixy Cove; he instructed her to hide in a hidden cave if she heard anyone coming. Christine, meanwhile, set Linda’s watch back so she had an alibi then headed to Pixy Cove where she changed to look like Arlena and lay face down. When Patrick came down from his room, he acted surprised not seeing Arlena and volunteered to row out with Emily so he could find her then discovered her ‘dead’. He stayed while Emily left to get the police. Arlena finally came out of the cave after hearing Patrick’s voice which is when he strangled her. Nobody suspected Patrick and Christine because Patrick seemed infatuated with Arlena and Christine depicted herself as a weak, fragile, woman with no athletic