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Christie, Agatha

ISBN 10 : 0007145314 ISBN 13 : 9780007145317

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Agatha Christie Classic

Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy has come from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. On the way, her train passes another train running parallel to her. Then, a blind in one of the compartments flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman. She reports it to a ticket collector who does not believe her. When arriving at Miss Marple's cottage, she tells all to her. Mrs McGillicuddy describes the woman as wearing a fur coat and with blonde hair. Only Miss Marple believes her story as there is no evidence of wrongdoing. The first task is to ascertain where the body could have been hidden. Comparison of the facts of the murder with the train timetable and the local geography lead to the grounds of Rutherford Hall as the only possible location: it is shielded from the surrounding community, the railway abuts the grounds, and so on. Lucy Eyelesbarrow, a young professional housekeeper and an acquaintance of Miss Marple, is sent undercover to Rutherford Hall. Josiah Crackenthorpe, purveyor of tea biscuits, built Rutherford Hall in 1884. His son, Luther, now a semi-invalid widower, had displayed spendthrift qualities in his youth. To preserve the family fortune, Josiah has left his considerable fortune in trust, the income from which is to be paid to Luther for life. After Luther's death, the capital is to be divided equally among Luther's children. Luther Crackenthorpe is merely the trustee of Rutherford Hall and hence, according to the will, cannot sell the house. The house itself will be inherited by Luther Crackenthorpe's eldest surviving son or his issue. Buy the Book for the whole Story.

Revue de presse :

“Of all Christie’s detectives, it’s Jane Marple who best understood what can drive ordinary people to the extraordinary act of taking a life.” (S. J. Rozan, Edgar Award-winning author)

“The great mistress of the last-minute switch is at it again.... Even the experts have given up any attempts to out-guess Miss Christie.” (New Yorker)

“Precisely what one expects: the most delicious bamboozling possible in a babble of bright talk and a comprehensive bristle of suspicion all adeptly managed to keep you much too alert elsewhere to see the neat succession of clues that catch a murderer we never so much as thought of.” (New York Herald Tribune)

“A model detective story, there is never a dull moment.” (The Times (London))

“The suspense is agonizing.” (Daily Mail (London))

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0007145314
• ISBN 13: 9780007145317
• Reliure: CD