{"product_id":"the-sittaford-mystery-isbn-9798217009428","title":"The Sittaford Mystery:A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blizzard, a séance, and a remote country house at the edge of a moor provide the atmospheric ingredients for this classic murder mystery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the new tenant of Sittaford House, Mrs. Willett, invites her neighbors to tea on a snowy winter afternoon, several of her guests propose a playful séance as entertainment. But the game turns macabre when the spirits spell out a horrifying message—that Captain Trevelyan, the Willetts' absent landlord, has just that moment been murdered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough most of those present are inclined to take this as an unpleasant joke, the Captain's longtime friend, Major Burnaby, insists on making certain. There is no telephone service in their tiny village and the falling snow is fast rendering the roads impassable, so the Major sets out on a six-mile trek across a desolate moor through a raging blizzard to reach the Captain's house—only to find that his murder hours earlier had been accurately foretold. As the roads are cleared in the days that follow, various relatives, journalists, police detectives, and amateur sleuths descend upon the scene to puzzle out the seemingly impossible crime. | AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890–1976) was born in Devon, England. She wrote more than 70 books and 150 short stories, as well as works for stage and screen. Her novel \u003ci\u003eAnd Then There Were None\u003c\/i\u003e is considered the world's bestselling mystery novel, and her play \u003ci\u003eThe Mousetrap\u003c\/i\u003e is the longest-running play in London theater history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer\u003c\/b\u003e: LAURA THOMPSON is the author of \u003ci\u003eAgatha Christie: A Mysterious Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for biography. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Nancy Mitford, \u003ci\u003eLife in a Cold Climate\u003c\/i\u003e, and of \u003ci\u003eThe Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759522754789,"sku":"NP9798217009428","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217009428.jpg?v=1775598875","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-sittaford-mystery-isbn-9798217009428","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}