Agatha Christie

Broschiertes Buch

After the Funeral

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Beschreibung

When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. . . . But he was murdered, wasn't he?" In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery. . . .

Autor

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

© Angus Mc Bean (National Portrait Gallery, London)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780062357311
• ISBN-10: 006235731X
• Artikelnr.: 40543016

Rezensionen

'Keeps us guessing - and guessing wrongly - to the very last page.' Liverpool Post

'Experienced as I am, the solution took me completely by surprise.' Frances Iles, Sunday Times

Needless to say that this past-master of detection handles it in a fresh and original way. The little Belgian's solution is both surprising and - after his briliiant exposition at the end - satisfying.' Daily Telegraph

'A beautiful precision-tooled job. False clues are laid with effortless skill up to the final revelation. Poirot distinguishes the book by his presence.' Julian Symons, Manchester Evening News

'Never has Mrs Christie exerted her incomparable power of deception with more subtlety or to better effect. Superb book.' Ralph Partridge, New Statesman

'Poirot at his best. Need I say more?' Nancy Spain, Daily Express