Ordeal by Innocence, by Agatha Christie
The Book When Dr. Arthur Calgary goes to Sunny Point (formerly Viper's Point), to deliver the news that the now dead Jack Argyle did not murder his mother Theresa Argyle he does not know the can of worms he's opening up. Jack or Jacko as the family calls him, may have had an alibi for the time of the murder, but many of the others in the house do not. None of them, Theresa's husband and father of the clan, Leo; the kids Michael, Hester, Mary (and her husband Phillip), and Christina; nor the help, Miss Kirsten (Kirsty) Lindstrom (the nanny/housekeeper), or Miss Gwen Vaughn (Leo's secretary/new fiancee) believe or want the news to be true. Because if Jacko didn't or rather could not have killed his mother, then one of them must have. Now the innocent and guilty alike are suffering the consequences of the truth. Leo and Gwen put their wedding plans on hold, perhaps they will not marry now with each believe the other did it. Hester's fiancé is will t...
