Death of a Child: The victim in this story is twelve or thirteen years old.Every single person Poirot talks to dismisses the possibility that she might've actually witnessed a murder as she claimed completely out of hand. Compulsive Liar: Joyce Reynolds' only notable character trait.He is killed for it, true to Agatha Christie form. Blackmail Backfire: Joyce's brother Leopold blackmails Rowena Drake, whom he observed murdering his sister.While appearing to be a good person, she's killed a little girl and has taken part in other murders. Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Rowena Drake is a marvelous example.Big Damn Heroes: Nicholas and Desmond rush in to save Miranda from being poisoned by Michael Garfield.Big Bad Duumvirate: The murderer is part of one, who by the end of the story have racked up a staggering four murders together, possibly including a fifth.Attention Whore: Joyce is known to tell fabricated stories for attention.
Prior to the story's beginning you had Leslie Ferrier, a womanizer and a forger.Her younger brother Leopold, a blackmailer, also counts. Joyce manages to be a prepubescent version of this trope, being regarded by most of the adults and children around her as a lying attention-seeker and not incredibly well-liked as a result.Arc Words: "Ding dong Dell, Pussy's in a well.".The '60s: Takes place in the decade, with Desmond explicitly being described as wearing period-appropriate attire.This work contains examples of the following tropes: A second adaptation, the third film in a series by director Kenneth Branagh, is due to release in Fall 2023 under the title A Haunting in Venice. Tropes for the adaptation can be found on the series page. Hallowe'en Party received an adaptation in the twelfth season of the television series Poirot in 2010, starring David Suchet. Ariadne's friend Judith has a daughter Miranda, who was Joyce's closest friend, and may be able to shed light on the mystery. Other recent murder victims included a shop assistant, a schoolteacher and a lawyer's clerk. Rowena's aunt had died, and shortly afterward, a codicil in her will favoring her au pair girl Olga Seminoff was found to be a forgery, after which Olga had disappeared. Investigating the murder, Poirot compiles a list of recent deaths and missing persons in the area. Joyce had earlier told everyone that she had witnessed a murder but didn't recognise it as a murder until a year later. Hercule Poirot is called in by his novelist friend Ariadne Oliver who attended a Hallowe'en party at the home of Rowena Drake in Woodleigh Common, at which 13-year-old Joyce Reynolds has been drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Hallowe'en Party is a murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring detective Hercule Poirot.
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