We all know there will be a murder, but the corpse doesn’t present itself until almost a third of the way in the story. Either way, this is a discernibly different type of storytelling for her. Originally the title included an s at the end of Hollow, which inclines me to think Dame Agatha had originally been talking about the cast of characters rather than the location. All that is except for the one who is dead. They seem empty of life, hollow shells that are giving a simulation of people doing the things they would normally be doing. It is also a description of what Poirot thinks about the people living there. The Hollow is the name of the estate where this murder mystery is set. The Hollow (1946) (Poirot # 26) by Agatha Christie.
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