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* [[Frame Up]]
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: More so than in other Poirot books. He has to fake an interest in the royal family to get one of the villagers to talk to him.
* [[Green
* [[Happy Flashback]]: Lampshaded in the movie; in the opening scene, Elinor is in the courtroom and the last of her thought we get to hear is: "The beginning... the beginning... it seemed happy..."
* [[Hooked Up Afterwards]]: Implied.
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** Also true of Elinor's love for Roddy and implied about Mrs. Welman's experiences. The one thing love definitely does not make anyone in this book is happy.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Or something. Granted, Mary's not even interested Roddy in and Elinor has the grace to break up with him once she realizes he's not in love with her. But it's still two women, one man and a major source of drama for the greatest part of the book.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: The revelation that Mary isn't actually Gerrard's daughter. {{spoiler|Followed by the revelation that she ''is'' Mrs. Welman's daughter. And that the nurse is actually Mary's aunt.}}
* [[Mercy Kill]]: One potential motive given for why Elinor might have killed her aunt; she knew that her aunt wouldn't have wanted to live crippled by the second stroke.
* [[Miscarriage of Justice]]: Strictly speaking, that's only in the adaptation, since Elinor is found not guilty in the book. However, according to her housekeeper, Mrs Bishop, even her arrest is "disgraceful", probably the result of "these new-fangled methods of the police".
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