![]() Author Avatar: Another appearance of Ariadne Oliver, a fussy old English lady with a Motor Mouth who writes detective novels and has a Funny Foreigner protagonist she dislikes. ![]() Poirot and Ariadne find all this out, but at the same time Norma herself seems to have disappeared. Poirot then finds out about Norma's whole social circle: her father Andrew Restarick, once estranged from Norma but now returned after a couple decades abroad Andrew's young wife Mary Norma's roommates Claudia and Frances and David Baker, Norma's long-haired hippie boyfriend who comes off as extremely suspicious. Luckily, his friend Ariadne Oliver (a mystery writer and Agatha Christie's Author Avatar) knows who she is, because Ariadne was the one who referred the young lady-one Norma Restarick-to Poirot. Poirot, with his vanity offended and also curious, starts asking around. No sooner has she gotten that out, however, than she takes a second look at Poirot, decides " you're too old", and departs. ![]() The disheveled, nervous young woman says that she was referred to Poirot, and that she may have committed a murder. Hercule Poirot is enjoying a quiet breakfast when a strange young woman shows up unannounced at his door. ![]() Third Girl is a 1966 novel by Agatha Christie. ![]()
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