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While the Light Lasts: A Short Story

✍ Scribed by Christie, Dame Agatha


Book ID
108928561
Publisher
Witness Impulse
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
341 KB
Series
Hercule Poirot 41
Category
Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories.

In the excruciating heat of the African sun, George Crozier is traveling with his new wife, Deidre. They have not been married long, and George is aware that his wifeοΏ½s thoughts are with her first husband, who was killed in this part of Africa during the War. In this hauntingly beautiful tale, Deidre is forced to confront the reality of her circumstances: οΏ½While the light lasts I shall remember, and in the darkness I shall not forget.οΏ½

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Review

'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.' Observer

Review

"Isla Blair reads beautifully" Home and Country 12/97 "Isla Blair displays her usual confidence in narrating these stories with a combination of passion and serenity" Crime Time 1/11/97οΏ½


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