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Crooked House
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2007
- Run Time
- 5 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
A new Agatha Christie thriller, described by her as “one of my best.”
The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.
Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare’s granddaughter…
Critics Review
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‘Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best.’
Agatha Christie‘Her sleight of hand is impeccable.’
New Statesman‘Knock-out!’
Saturday Review of Literature
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Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Duration
- 5 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2007
- ISBN
- 9780007249749
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: love / relationships
Synopsis
A new Agatha Christie thriller, described by her as “one of my best.” The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare’s granddaughter…
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