Elephants Can Remember is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1972. Maurice Richardson in The Observer of 5 November 1972 said, "A quiet but consistently interesting whodunnit with an ingenious monozygotic solution. Any young elephant would be proud to have written it." A cold case was informally reopened after Mrs Ariadne Oliver was approached by a woman during a literary luncheon. Her son had intended to marry Mrs Oliver’s goddaughter, Celia Ravenscroft. On the occasion, she was asked: ‘Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?’ This encounter led to her consulting Hercule Poirot, which resulted in having her curiosity aroused towards the circumstances surrounding Celia’s parents’ death. Between twelve and fourteen years ago, the husband and wife were found dead with her father’s revolver between the bodies near their home Overcliffe. The police concluded it as a double suicide. Yet the motive remained unclear. Mrs Oliver’s interviews with some people unearthed facts the police had overlooked on the case. Her “elephants” told her small things that mattered. For Elephants Don’t Forget: some people remembered certain things despite those occurred many years before. You can listen online to free English audiobook “Elephants Can Remember” by Agatha Christie on our website.
