Bina and Pat disagree as to the merits of fan favourite Hercule Poirot “mystery” The Hollow. Celebrated doctor John Christow is found shot by a swimming pool. His wife Gerda is holding a smoking gun but the last word he utters is his mistress’ name. Is the solution to this murder as simple as it seems, or a confounding mystery?
Spoiler-free section: first impressions and introduction; social change and historic context (5m40s); characters (16m10s); how the novel holds up to modern readers (48m); adaptations (1hr1m); spoiler-filled discussion of the ending (1hr6m); brief discussion of the new BBC Murder Is Easy (1hr23m30s).
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