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|  Agatha Christie - The Sittaford Mystery  Agatha Christie The Sittaford Mystery   In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor* six shadowy figures huddle around a small round table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'Captain Trevelyan...dead...murder'. Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately* his home is six miles away and* with snow drifts blocking the roads* someone will have to make the journey on foot... Christie was able to touch upon her interest in the supernatural in this novel. Will Cuppy in Books (New York Herald Tribune) wrote* “You can’t go wrong with this one* certainly the best of the always high-grade Christie items in quite some time.” It was filmed in 2006 with the addition of Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple. Sittaford is a tiny village on the fringe of Dartmoor. Mrs Willett and her daughter Violet are the new tenants of Sittaford House* a place owned by Cpt Trevelyan. They invite four people for a tea visit on Friday afternoon: Cpt Trevelyan's friend Major Burnaby* Mr Rycroft* Mr Garfield and Mr Duke. The six of them decide to play a game of table-turning. During this séance* at 5.25 PM* a spirit announces that Cpt Trevelyan has been murdered. Major Burnaby says that he wants to walk to Exhampton* a village six miles away* to see if Cpt Trevelyan is alright. There's no telephone in Sittaford* and it's impossible to use a car because of the snow. Two and a half hours later Major Burnaby arrives at Hazelmoor* the house in Exhampton where Cpt Trevelyan is staying. When nobody answers the door he fetches the police and a doctor. They enter the house through a window* and find Cpt Trevelyan's corpse on the floor. Dr Warren estimates the time of death between 5 and 6PM. A fracture of the base of the skull is the cause of death. The weapon was a green baize tube full of sand* used as a draught excluder at the bottom of the door. Cpt Trevelyan's will states that* apart from £100 for his servant Evans* his property has to be equally divided among four people: his sister Jennifer Gardner* his nephew James Pearson* his niece Sylvia Dering and his nephew Brian Pearson. Each of these four would inherit approximately £20.000. James Pearson is arrested for murder because he was in Exhampton at the time of the murder* trying to get a loan from Cpt Trevelyan. While the official investigation is led by Inspector Narracott* James Pearson's friend Emily Trefusis starts sleuthing herself. She's assisted by Charles Enderby* a Daily Wire journalist who gave a cheque of £5000 to Major Burnaby for winning the newspaper's football competition. Emily and Charles go to stay with Mr and Mrs Curtis in Sittaford* searching for clues. Mr Dacres* James Pearson's solicitor* reveals to Emily that things look much worse than they already imagined. James has "borrowed" money from his firm to buy shares without the knowledge of the firm. There are several red herrings. The Willetts didn't come from South Africa but from Australia. Brian Pearson* who wasn't in New South Wales but in England all the time* is Violet's fiancé. A convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison three days after the murder* but who was recaptured* is Violet's father. Martin Dering created a false alibi because his wife Sylvia was watching him for divorce proceedings. Sylvia is Mr Rycroft's niece; Jennifer Gardner is Mr Garfield's godmother; and Mr Duke is an Ex-Chief-Inspector of Scotland Yard. Emily solves the mystery in Hazelmoor after finding Cpt Trevelyan's ski boots hidden in the chimney and two pairs of skis in different sizes. Major Burnaby is the culprit. He engineered the voices and table movements during the séance to make the "ghost" say that Cpt Trevelyan was murdered. Instead of walking the six miles in two and a half hours after the seance he skied the distance in ten minutes. He killed Cpt Trevelyan about a quarter to six. Then he cleaned his skis* and put them in the cupboard. He hid Trevelyan's ski boots in the chimney and put his own in the cupboard with the other ski gear* hoping that the second pair of skis and the fact that they wouldn't fit Trevelyan would pass unnoticed. Mr Rycroft* who is a member of the Psychical Research Society* reassembles five of the six original participants for a second séance at Sittaford House. The absent Mr Duke will be replaced by Brian Pearson. Then Inspector Narracott steps in* in the company of Emily and Mr Duke* and he charges Major Burnaby with the murder of Cpt Trevelyan. Emily explains that Burnaby lost a lot of money by buying rotten shares and that his motive was the cheque of £5000* which was actually won by Cpt Trevelyan himself. Trevelyan used to send in solutions of competitions in other people's name* because he found Sittaford House too grand an address. In the final chapter Emily turns down a marriage proposal by Charles* because she still loves her fiancé James despite his weaknesses :qatarw_com_52228917 Enjoy  | ||||
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