Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

✍ Scribed by Christie, Agatha

• Book ID: 107835091
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 232 KB
• Series: Poirot 16
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062073730

✦ Synopsis

Mr. Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host, but he was a man of whome everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Hercule Poirot that he considered murder and art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether ...

Review

When you think its Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie. (William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures )

The finest murder story of her career.Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious. (Daily Mail (London) )

From the Back Cover

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitanas private collection.

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.