Elephants Can Remember starts out when Mrs. Oliver goes to a literary luncheon and is rudely asked by a large, brusque woman to dive into the tragic past of her goddaughter. The goddaughter, Celia and the large woman’s son, Desmond wish to get married. But something is still hanging in the backs of their minds, something that happened many years before…
Celia’s mother and father were both found at their home, shot. It was thought to be a double suicide, but no one knew for sure. Mrs. Oliver goes on the task of finding out the truth, of course with the help of Hercule Piorot. They must look in their old address books for elephants. For, elephants can remember, and what they need to find are memories.
Can Piorot and Mrs. Oliver find enough fact in those “elephants’” memories to find out the truth about Celia’s mother, her insane aunt and her father, the General?
This Cristie novel got a little repetitive in the beginning, but is better than Appointment with Death in my opinion. See if you can find out the truth yourself, I did.
Recommended to ages 12 and up