Five Little Pigs: Difference between revisions

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The story was featured in the television series [[Poirot]] in 2003.

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=== This book provides examples of: ===

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Subverted: several characters sided with Caroline Crale when she was convicted of murdering her husband Amyas, since he was having an affair with his model. However, {{spoiler|Poirot realizes that Amyas was never going to leave Caroline and only kept Elsa around to finish the painting. Elsa killed him and framed Caroline when she learned that he had always intended to stay with his wife.}}

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Caroline Crayle believed in this, at least according to her daughter. The reason that Carla believes her mother is innocent is because Caroline sent her a letter saying so, and Caroline never told her daughter comforting lies.

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* [[Late to The Punchline]]: Angela mentions having one of these moments, where she actually said aloud "Oh! Now I get the point of that [[Noodle Incident|story about the plum pudding]]." This led her to recount a similar incident where she realized the significance of something she observed the weekend of the murder.

* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Miss Williams to a degree. When she was a governess, none of the kids even tried to lie to her, feeling that it'd be pointless. Poirot, at first, tells to other people that he's writing a book about the case, but he tells the truth to Miss Williams right away.

* [[Market Based Title]]: It was originally published in the US as ''Murder in Retrospect''. Later publications restored the original British title.

* [[Market-Based Title]]: It was originally published in the US as ''Murder in Retrospect''. Later publications restored the original British title.

* [[Rashomon Style]]

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Amyas Crale