The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.
Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancE of the late millionaire's granddaughter.
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The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.
Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancE of the late millionaire's granddaughter.
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An exclusive authorized edition of a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery, described by the Queen of Mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published works -- now a feature film from Sony Pictures starring Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, and Glenn Close.
The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.
Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fianc� of the late millionaire's granddaughter.
"Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best." --Agatha Christie
Critic Reviews
“"Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best." -- Agatha Christie "Her sleight of hand is impeccable." -- New Statesman (UK) "Knock-out!" -- Saturday Review of Literature "We all go where [Agatha Christie] led; you can track us in her snow." -- Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries”
"Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best." -- Agatha Christie
"Her sleight of hand is impeccable." -- New Statesman (UK)
"Knock-out!" -- Saturday Review of Literature
"We all go where [Agatha Christie] led; you can track us in her snow." -- Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries
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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.
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The Leonides are one big happy family livingin a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. Thatis until the head of the household, Aristide, ismurdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's youngwidow, fifty years his junior. But the murdererhas reckoned without the tenacity of CharlesHayward, fianc
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense-creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters-brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks…including one of her own ten favorite novels, Ordeal By Innocence, in which Charles Hayward must solve a devastating family mystery.
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