Cards On the Table - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440110521 ISBN 13: 9780440110521

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1980

Synopsis

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players! Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether!

About this title

From the Back Cover

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s “private collection.”

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.…

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair atStyles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime.Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novelsand short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of MaryWestmacott.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440110521
• ISBN 13: 9780440110521
• Binding: Paperback