Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

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9780425098530: Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot)

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ISBN 10: 0425098532 ISBN 13: 9780425098530

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1984

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Falling in love after they become cousins by marriage, Roddy and Elinor seem the perfect match, until a threat of disinheritance by an aunt results in the unthinkable, and Hercule Poirot must clear Elinor's name. Reissue.

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Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison.

Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty. Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows....

About the Author:

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades. Twenty-four of Christie's best whodunits are now available from Black Dog & Leventhal as part of their bestselling hardcover Agatha Christie Collection.

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