’Splendid... she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.’

--The Times

Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead...

Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead.

But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that ’old sins leave long shadows’.

1 A Literary Luncheon 9

2 First Mention of Elephants 31

Book 1 Elephants

3 Great Aunt Alice’s Guide to Knowledge 55

4 Celia 69

5 Old Sins Have Long Shadows 85

6 An Old Friend Remembers 101

7 Back to the Nursery 115

8 Mrs Oliver at Work 127

9 Results of Elephantine Research 143

10 Desmond 163

Book 2 Long Shadows

11 Superintendent Garroway and Poirot Compare Notes 181

12 Celia Meets Hercule Poirot 189

13 Mrs Burton-Cox 203

14 Dr Willoughby 219

15 Eugene and RosenteUe, Hair Stylists and Beauticians 231

16 Mr Goby Reports 239

17 Poirot Announces Departure 249

18 Interlude 255

19 Maddy and Zelie 259

20 Court of Enquiry 277