"Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best." -Agatha Christie But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. About the Book The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks includingone of her own ten favorite novels, Ordeal By Innocence, in which Charles Hayward must solve a devastating family mystery."Īn exclusive authorized edition of a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery, described by the Queen of Mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published works - now a feature film from Sony Pictures s tarring Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, and Glenn Close.
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