Thirteen at Dinner
Bewitching actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She implores Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Laughing, she tells Poirot if he fails she may have to bump off her husband herself. But it is no laughing matter when Lord...
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Bewitching actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She implores Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Laughing, she tells Poirot if he fails she may have to bump off her husband herself. But it is no laughing matter when Lord Edgware is murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781609984694 (1609984692)
Publish date: July 26th 2011
Publisher: AudioGO
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Murder Mystery
Series: Hercule Poirot (#9)
Christie´s books fall into two categories for me: the ones I enjoy the most are the books, where I don´t have a clue what is going on and who the murderer is. As soon as I suspect someone, it takes some enjoyment out of the story for me. Lord Edgware Dies turns out to be a better installment in th...
Title : Lord Edgware Dies Author : Agatha Christie another GREAT Poirot investigation ! probably the BEST !
another GREAT poirot investigation ! probably the BEST !
Respectively, these books are numbers 8 & 9, with Peril being published in 1932, followed close at hand by Lord Edgware, which was published in 1934. Also in 1934, she published one of her best known novels, The Murder on the Orient Express. I thoroughly enjoyed both books, and it is difficult t...
Mir gefiel dies Buch sehr wohl! Insbesondere meine ich die Methode mit der die Verfasserin die Krimiereignisse nach und nach beschrieb. Die Sache fängt mit einer sehr wunderschönen Schauspielerin, namens Jane Wilkinson oder Lady Edgware an. Sie ist hübsch, und leider auch geldsüchtig. Eines Tages...