A new Agatha Christie thriller, described by her as “one of my best.”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…‘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 LiteratureAgatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows• Part of the new-look for Agatha Christie novels, to match the rejacketed PB editions.• One of Agatha Christie’s best stand-alone novels.• Part of an on-going strategy to bring Agatha Christie’s bestselling works to a new audience of modern listeners.• Read by Hugh Fraser who plays Captain Hastings in the popular Poirot TV series.• Complete and Unabridged.• Now available on both cassette and CD.Competition: murder under the sun;death on the nile;the;mysterious affair at styles;evil under the sun;last seance;bodies from the library;midwinter murder;midsummer mysteries. by;ann cleeves;freeman wills crofts;arthur conan doyle;dean koontz;lucy foley;sophie hannah;lucy clarke;val mcdermid;nina de gramont
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