History Literature / FiveLittlePigs

* [[spoiler: {{Gayngst}}: Philip Blake in the ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' adaption]]

* BettyandVeronica: Caroline (Betty), Amyas (Archie) and Elsa (Veronica)

* SlapSlapKiss / KissKissSlap: Amyas and Caroline, constantly.

''Five Little Pigs'' is a 1942 mystery novel by Creator/AgathaChristie, originally titled ''Murder in Retrospect.''

* KarmaHoudini: Played straight and subverted. Poirot admits to the killer he has no physical evidence to prove [[spoiler:her]] guilt and [[spoiler:she]] won't publicly confess to it. However, [[spoiler:Elsa Greer has never been able to move on from the day she murdered the only man she ever loved, and lives a wealthy but utterly joyless and miserable life. [[FateWorseThanDeath "I died that day."]]]]

* AssholeVictim: Subverted: several characters sided with Caroline Crale when she was convicted of murdering her husband Amyas, since he was having an affair with his model - one of many.

Sixteen years ago, Caroline Crale was convicted of the murder of her husband, the painter Amyas Crale. Their daughter approaches HerculePoirot to investigate the case. Poirot visits the five people present at the time of the murder, and each of them gives [[RashomonStyle a slightly different story]].

The story was featured in the television series {{Poirot}} in 2003.

* DeathByAdaptation: Well, she ''is'' dead by the start of both the novel and the ''{{Poirot}}'' adaptation, but in the novel Caroline Crayle'd got a life sentence and died a year later in prison, while the adaptation had her executed.

* [[spoiler: {{Gayngst}}: Philip Blake in the {{Poirot}} adaption]]

* [[spoiler: StraightGay: Philip Blake in the {{Poirot}} adaption.]]

''Five Little Pigs'' is a 1942 mystery novel by Creator/AgathaChristie.

!!Provides Examples Of:

* AssholeVictim: Subverted: several characters sided with Caroline Crayle when she was convicted of murdering her husband Amyas, since he was having an affair with his model. However, [[spoiler: Poirot realizes that Amyas was never going to leave Caroline and only kept Elsa around to finish the painting. Elsa killed him and framed Caroline when she learned that he had always intended to stay with his wife.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Lampshaded by Poirot when he finds strange that every witness seems to forget that the murder victim has a baby daughter: Miss Williams as a governess discuss it when she explains that middle class children know that his parents love them, but they are busy providing for them to pay attention, but the affluent murder victim and his wife’s lives were so intense that the baby will never be their first concern.

** Gender-flipped with [[spoiler: Philip Blake, who wanted to make Caroline look as black as possible at least partially because she rejected him.]]

* ParentAsPeople: Lampshaded by Poirot when he finds strange that every witness seems to forget that the murder victim has a baby daughter: Miss Williams as a governess discuss it when she explains that middle class children know that his parents love them, but they are busy providing for them to pay attention, but the affluent murder victim and his wife’s lives were so intense that the baby will never be their first concern.

ItsAllAboutMe: By everyone's account, Amyas was a raging egomaniac.

** Another possible example is [[spoiler: Elsa, who still seems to be in love with Amyas Crayle even after he rejected her and she murdered him.]]

!! This book provides examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Subverted: several characters sided with Caroline Crale when she was convicted of murdering her husband Amyas, since he was having an affair with his model. However, [[spoiler: Poirot realizes that Amyas was never going to leave Caroline and only kept Elsa around to finish the painting. Elsa killed him and framed Caroline when she learned that he had always intended to stay with his wife.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Played straight and subverted. Poirot admits to the killer he has no physical evidence to prove [[spoiler:her]] guilt and [[spoiler:she]] won't publically confess to it. However, [[spoiler:Elsa Greer has never been able to move on from the day she murdered the only man she ever loved, and lives a wealthy but utterly joyless and miserable life. [[FateWorseThanDeath "I died that day."]]]]

''Five Little Pigs'' is a 1942 mystery novel by AgathaChristie.

** Another possible example is [[spoiler: Elsa, who still seems to be in love with Amyas Crayle even after he rejected her and she murdered him.]]

* [[spoiler: Gayngst: Philip Blake in the {{Poirot}} adaption]]

* ICannotTellALie: Caroline Crayle, at least according to her daughter. The reason that Carla believes her mother is innocent is because Caroline sent her a letter saying so, and Caroline never told her daughter comforting lies.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Caroline dies in vain, thinking she's protecting her own sister, when really, she accidentally protects the woman who killed Caroline's husband and blamed Caroline the whole time.]]

* ClearTheirName: In the {{Poirot}} adaption, the daughter wants to prove that her mother was innocent.