Author: Agatha Christie
Year: 1946
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Popularity: 3.9
Genres/categories: Mystery, Classic, Detective
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ISBN:
9780007164967
9780330244312
9780553350500
9780573011825
9780816145553
9780816145560
9781572704060
9781579127367
0007164963
0330244310
0553350501
0573011826
0816145555
0816145563
1572704063
1579127363 |
 Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real! Christie described this novel as the one "I had ruined by the introduction of Poirot." It was first published in 1946 in London. In the USA it was published under the title Murder after Hours. Christie adapted the novel for the stage though with the omission of Hercule Poirot.
About the author:
Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six romance novels under a pseudonym. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple - and author of "The Mousetrap", the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.
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