Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie, Mallory (DM) (Editor)

Overview

It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths - Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service; and the incomparable Hercule Poirot - invited to play bridge with four specially invited guests, each of whom has gotten away with murder! For the host, the mysterious Mr. Shaitana, it was to be a clever entertainment. But before the first rubber was completed, the host himself was dead...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062573377
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/04/2016
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	353,133
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	630L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

William Dietrich

“When you think it’s Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie.”

Editorial Reviews

There's nobody quite like Agatha Christie when she puts her mind to it, and that's what she's done [here].

New York Herald Tribune

The best Agatha Christie has ever devised.

Spectator

When you think it’s Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie.” — William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures

“The finest murder story of her career….Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious.” — Daily Mail (London)

From the Publisher

When you think it’s Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie.

William Dietrich

The finest murder story of her career….Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious.

Daily Mail (London)