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Five Little Pigs is one of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries. In this mystery Poirot is engaged by a girl Carla Lemarchant, to take another look at a case that the police closed 16 years ago.

The story is as follows: Amyas Crale was murdered by poison. His wife Caroline Crale (Carla's mother) was found guilty of it. However in a last letter to her daughter she says that she is innocent. Carla wants Poirot to reinvestgate and find out the truth.

The suspects are:

Phillip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market
Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home
Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef
Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none
Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home

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