The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings...
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the'suicide'that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoah's tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and,finally,the mystery of the missing willl.
What links these fascinating cases Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008164836Number of pages: 224Weight: 160 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'In straight detective fiction there is still no-one to touch her.'Irish Times
'Poirot's gorgeous self-conceit gives a dash of humour to this capital collection of mystery stories. They are ingeniously constructed,and told with an engaging lightness of style.'Literary Review
Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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