The Mousetrap and Other Plays
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room...
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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to William Morrow Paperbacks. In addition, Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater, and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Plays—including the title piece, the longest running play in history, still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062094469 (0062094467)
Publish date: 2012-10-30
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 704
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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