Cat Among the Pigeons
โ Scribed by Christie, Agatha
- Book ID
- 112633263
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Year
- 1959
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Series
- Hercule Poirot Mysteries 31
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Two teachers discover the body of the school's unpopular games mistress, shot through the heart from point-blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the "cat" strikes again, and Julia Upjohn knows that without Poirot's help she could be next.
Review
'Immensely enjoyable.' Daily Express 'To read Agatha Christie at her best is to experience the rarefied pleasure of watching a faultless technician at work, and she is in top form in Cat Among the Pigeons.' New York Times
About the Author
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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