Hercule Poirot book 31 · 1969
Hallowe’en Party
At a children’s Hallowe’en party, a girl boasts that she once saw a murder. Later that evening she is found drowned in a tub used for apple-bobbing, and Ariadne Oliver calls in Hercule Poirot.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Hercule Poirot, book 31 of 33
- Published
- 1969
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 3
- Chart confidence
- High
Hallowe’en Party on screen
- A Haunting in Venice (2023, film, Cinema). Kenneth Branagh’s third Poirot film, loosely based on Hallowe’en Party and moved to post-war Venice, where a seance ends in murder.
Who is in Hallowe’en Party
3 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Hercule PoirotBelgian detective who relies on his “little grey cells”Also in books by Sophie Hannah
Major 1
- Ariadne OliverCrime novelist and Poirot’s friend
Minor and cameo 1
- Superintendent SpenceRetired police officer
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with Hallowe’en Party.
- Mrs McGinty’s Dead1952 · Hercule Poirot · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Dead Man’s Folly1956 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Cards on the Table1936 · Hercule Poirot · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon