A shocking crimeA mansion filled with suspects
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Ruth Van Rydock can't shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house.
Her old school friend Jane Marple decides it's time to pay a visit.
But this grand Victorian mansion isn't just a family home - it's also a correctional facility for wayward young men.
And when something terrible does indeed happen,Miss Marple must face her most eccentric cast of suspects yet.
Never underestimate Miss Marple
'If a genius is someone who leaves the field they work in totally different from how they found it,then we should certainly remember Agatha Christie as a genius.'Stephen Fry
'No one on either side of the Atlantic does it better.'New York Times
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008611958Number of pages: 224Weight: 260 gDimensions: 190 x 126 x 22 mm
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'Without a doubt,the greatest mystery writer of all time'- Ragnar Jonasson
'A hundred years after her first novel,and we are all still standing in her shadow'- Andrew Taylor
'She gives us an insight into human nature that few,if any,have surpassed'- Susan Lewis
'Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible'- David Baldacci
'All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt'- Peter James
'Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure,crisp,absolute satisfaction.'- Tana French
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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