Originally published in 1939 and unavailable for over 2 years, a novel written just before the war, which prophetically describes how it would affect a town like Southampton.
Ordeal by Innocence is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in 1958. The novel is noted for being one of Christie's darkest works, alongside such classics as Ten Little Indians, with a strong focus on the psychology of innocence.
A mid-air explosion kills both the British and American Defence Secretaries and Bob Skinner finds himself leading the biggest investigation of his career. The investigation quickly becomes puzzling and then sudden violence puts Skinner out of the picture and on the brink of death.
