The Under Dog and Other Stories: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
Description
In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, and a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes that Poirot investigates.
A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancée is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head.
Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.
|A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancée is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head.
Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.
|“It would take a remarkably alert reader to single out the murderer before the last page in each story.” - New Yorker
“Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.” - Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of In the Woods
PUBLISHER:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0062094424
ISBN-13:
9780062094421
BINDING:
Paperback / softback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2012
NUMBER OF PAGES:
240
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
8.00(H) x 5.31(W) x 0.54(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English