A Deadly Affair

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By the legendary Queen of Crime, this all-new collection of stories about love gone wrong will get your heart racing.

Love can propel us to our greatest heights…and darkest depths. In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love – crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly affairs. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all on the ready to solve a tantalising mystery.

INCLUDES THE STORIES:
• The King of Clubs
• The Face of Helen
• A Death on the Nile
• Death by Drowning
• The Double Clue
• Finessing the King
• A Fruitful Sunday
• Wasps’ Nest
• The Case of the Caretaker
• The Man in the Mist
• The Case of the Rich Woman
• Magnolia Blossom
• The Love Detectives

Critics Review

'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

'Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers' - Val McDermid

'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

User Reviews

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Narration 5.0
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5.0
What a great collection of stories. Great narration as well. We love listening to one a day during breakfast, one of the joys of retirement!
Time to look for another one
Rocketman 16/09/2022

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