In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan . . . dead . . . murder." Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain
Sittaford Mystery, The (aka Murder at Hazelmore)
β Scribed by Christie, Agatha
- Book ID
- 107835499
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 1931
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062074140
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β¦ Synopsis
In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan . . . dead . . . murder."
Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot. . . .
Review
"The Empress of the crime novel." Sunday Express"An excellent book to take away for a weekend reading." New York Times"You can't go wrong with this one, certainly the best of the always high-grade Christie items in quite some time." Books
Review
"The Empress of the crime novel." Sunday Express"An excellent book to take away for a weekend reading." New York Times"You can't go wrong with this one, certainly the best of the always high-grade Christie items in quite some time." Books
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SUMMARY: When a Ouija board pronounces Captain Trevelyan βdeadβ, the guests at Sittaford House became nervous. And when, a few hours later, Major Burnaby discovers the body, the game becomes an eerie and baffling murder case.
"You cannot fail to be reminded of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles," comments Christie biographer Charles Osborne of _The Sittaford Mystery_ \-- in which remote, snowbound Dartmoor is the setting for some strange goings-on, and of a grisly murder. The novel opens at Sittaford House, the
"You cannot fail to be reminded of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles," comments Christie biographer Charles Osborne of _The Sittaford Mystery_ \-- in which remote, snowbound Dartmoor is the setting for some strange goings-on, and of a grisly murder. The novel opens at Sittaford House, the