The Mousetrap and Other Plays
On an isolated island, ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the heart of Jerusalem. A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial. And a homicidal maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound guests to the...
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On an isolated island, ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the heart of Jerusalem. A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial. And a homicidal maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound guests to the refrain of "Three Blind Mice." The Mousetrap and Other plays -- eight plays of murder and mayhem by the grand dame of mystery.
Introduction by Ira Levin.
źródło opisu: Harper Collins, 2013
źródło okładki: zdjęcie autorskie
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780061003745
Publish date: 2013 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages no: 752
Edition language: English
This seems so classic. All the suspicious parties ensconced in an old manor on the countryside during a snow storm. And a serial killer on the loose. I was pretty sure about the culprit early on, but nevertheless a very satisfying read.
This one is going to screw with my stats - I read The Mousetrap last night while BookLikes was offline but this book contains 6? other plays as well that I didn't read. Clearly, this review will be for just The Mousetrap and not the actual book. This play is pure Agatha Christie and reading it, j...
Ok, I've had enough of this one. It's going too slowly for me, and I am just not enjoying Agatha Christie's style in play form. I'm sure the plays are wonderful to see on stage, and they are richly written. But I haven't enjoyed these. It seems I'd much rather read a Christie novel, so I won't s...
Choose Your Own Adventure!You are a police officer, out in the snow, the winter chill clouding your mind, the only refuge a sinister abode called the Monkswell Manor. You enter the manor and it is as if you had entered the longest-running play in history... the players are all so familiar, the plot ...
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