It was a typical New Year's Eve house party until a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin and why did his presence have such a profound effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman
Lucy Angkatell invites Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real.
50th Anniversary Edition A newly jacketed special edition published to coincide with the 50th anniversary year of the longest-running play in history. The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of Londons West End, begins its 50th year run on 25 November 2001. This new edition of four works show how Agatha Christies plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller. The Mousetrap A homicidal maniac terrorises a group of snowbound guests to the refrain of Three Blind Mice And Then There Were None Ten guilty people, brought together on an island in mysterious circumstances, await their sentence Appointment With Death The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder
