After describing the odd times where she cannot recall what has happened she leaves in fear again. Poirot meets Norma at the café, where she mentions the death again. Mrs Oliver finds her in a café by chance with her boyfriend David. Norma does not return home after a weekend visit to her father and stepmother. Poirot and Mrs Oliver gather information, visiting her parents’ home and her apartment building. He believes there is a murder that prompted Norma's fears. He pursues the case finding that Ariadne Oliver sent Norma to him. When she sees him in person, she flees, saying he is too old. Norma Restarick seeks help from Poirot, believing she may have committed murder. It is uncommon in that the investigation includes discovering the first crime, which happens comparatively late in the novel. The novel is notable for being the first in many years in which Poirot is present from beginning to end. It features her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver. The UK edition retailed at eighteen shillings (18/-) and the US edition at $4.50. Third Girl is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1966 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.
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