Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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Bobby Jones and his friend Frankie become interested in the mysterious death of a stranger who fell off a cliff. The heroes decide to investigate the case in spite of the imminent danger.

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Bobby Jones, the priest’s son, is playing golf with friends. As he approaches the edge of a cliff, he notices a man below. Bobby stays with the injured man while his friends run for help. But the stranger dies, whispering before he dies: «Evans knows the answer.» In the dead man’s pocket, Bobby finds a photo of a very beautiful woman.

The dead man is identified by a woman who identifies herself as his sister, Mrs. Kaman. But then Bobby begins to suspect that it was not an accident or suicide, and that the man is not who he was recognized as, and that his sister is not his sister at all. And the picture in his pocket has also been tampered with by someone.

The next day, Bobby takes the train to London. He accidentally meets a girl he knows, Frankie. Bobby and Frankie decide to solve the mystery of Alan’s death and begin an investigation. During the investigation, Bobby and Frankie try to kill and kidnap, but the heroes still manage to solve the mystery of the mysterious dead man and disarm the criminal couple, Roger and Moira Nicholson.