POIROT INVESTIGATES - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055327001X ISBN 13: 9780553270013

Publisher: Bantam, 1983

Synopsis

The colorful Belgian detective with the waxed mustache and the egg-shaped head uses his little gray cells to solve 14 of his most baffling cases, ranging from country house murders to an adventure in an Egyptian tomb. Ageless, timeless mystery from the "Queen of Crime." **MASS MARKET PAPER**

About this title

From the Back Cover

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond . . . then came the “suicide” that was murder . . . the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat . . .a suspicious death in a locked gun room . . . a million dollar bond robbery . . . the curse of a pharaoh’s tomb . . . a jewel robbery by the sea . . . the abduction of a prime minister . . . the disappearance of a banker . . . a phone call from a dying man . . .and, finally, the mystery of the missing will.

What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

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 at Styles, 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 novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055327001X
• ISBN 13: 9780553270013
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 208