Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the normally unflappable Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling investigation: the seemingly motiveless murder of the thirteenth guest at dinner party, who choked to death on a cocktail containing not a trace of poison.

Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison.

Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073839
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	40,041
Product dimensions:	5.18(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.68(d)
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

Dorothy L. Sayers

“Mrs. Christie at the top of her form.”

Joseph Wambaugh

“There has never been, and probably never will be, a P.I. more fun to observe and listen to, than Hercule Poirot.”

Editorial Reviews

There has never been, and probably never will be, a P.I. more fun to observe and listen to, than Hercule Poirot.” — Joseph Wambaugh, New York Times bestselling author

“Makes uncommonly good reading.” — New York Times

“Mrs. Christie at the top of her form.” — Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times (London)

From the Publisher

Makes uncommonly good reading.

New York Times

There has never been, and probably never will be, a P.I. more fun to observe and listen to, than Hercule Poirot.

Joseph Wambaugh

Mrs. Christie at the top of her form.

Dorothy L. Sayers

In Act I, at a dinner party given by a famed British actor, one of the guests drops dead. In Act II, at a second dinner, which includes some of the same guests, another death occurs. Two dead men may equal murder. One of the guests, Hercule Poirot, follows suspects (often literally) and clues, both real and “staged,” to bring the curtain down on the killer. Andrew Sachs gives this minor Christie vigor and authenticity, even to an unoriginal motive. His Poirot is methodical, polite, and perfectly accented, but sounds like other Poirots. Sachs’s best interpretations are those of the actor’s young fiancée and the killer. M.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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