Agatha Christie's first ever murder mystery,reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
'Beware! Peril to the detective who says: "It is so small - it does not matter..."Everything matters.'
After the Great War,life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing,and the horror of violent death banished into memory.
Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective,a Belgian refugee,who has grown bored of retirement ...
The first Hercule Poirot mystery,now published with a previously deleted chapter and introduced by Agatha Christie expert Dr John Curran.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008255725Number of pages: 208Weight: 270 gDimensions: 178 x 111 x 13 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Almost too ingenious...very clearly and brightly told.'Times Literary Supplement
'Very well contrived.'Sunday Times
'Altogether a skilful tale and a talented first book.'Daily News
'The most ingenious and absorbingly interesting tale of sensations and mystery we have read for a long time.'Bookman
'Well written,well proportioned,and full of surprises. Lovers of good stories will,without exception,rejoice in this book.'The British Weekly
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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