A young man,broken down in the fog,witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal... A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house,he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband,gun in her hand. She admits to murder,and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story.
But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all If so,who is she shielding The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother Laura's lover Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible The house seems full of possible suspects...
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as'another Mousetrap'when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End,it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008196677Number of pages: 176Weight: 130 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
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'A lively and light-hearted read which will give pleasure to all those who have long wished that there was just one more Christie to devour'- Antonia Fraser,Sunday Telegraph
'A worthy addition to the Christie canon'- The Spectator
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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