Sir Henry Clithering, ex-commissioner of Scotland Yard, is staying with his old friends Colonel and Mrs Bantry. Miss Marple is invited to dinner, and there will be mysteries to unravel.
Having failed to prevent a murder, Miss Marple is all the more eager to unmask the murderer.
The latest in this classic unabridged Agatha Christie audio collection, read by Hugh Fraser. It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man...
In addition to an analysis of the detective fiction genre as a whole, this CliffsNotes volume covers the following novels and stories: Moonstone by Wilkie Colins "The Adventures of the Speckled Bird" by A. Conana Doyle Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers The Benson Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine The Murder of Roger Achroyd by Agatha Christie What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! by Agatha Christie The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham Black Orchids by Rex Stout The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters.
In one of her most popular mysteries, Agatha Christie leads us into a maze of evil as dark and labyrinthine as the ancient tombs of the Pharoahs.
Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering...
John Moffatt stars as the famous Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
Complete Detective and Suspense Novels by Agatha Christie
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Complete Detective and Suspense Novels by Agatha Christie
This collection is titled so because it does not include non-detective or non-fiction works by Agatha Christie. However, detective and suspense novels by this author are represented here in full.
