Country Christie : twelve Devonshire mysteries / Agatha Christie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Poirot, Hercule.

Marple, Jane (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Marple, Jane.

Private investigators--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Cornwall (England : County)--Fiction.

Cornwall (England : County).

Devon (England)--Fiction.

Devon (England).

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First William Morrow paperback.

Place of Publication:

New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.

Summary:

Having grown up in Torquay, Agatha Christie's love of the West Country never left her and many of her intriguing mysteries are set on the moors and shores of Devon and Cornwall. This collection celebrates some of her finest countryside stories featuring a cast of her most iconic characters: Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and Parker Pyne.--Back cover

Notes:

Introduction -- The Plymouth Express -- The unbreakable alibi -- The case of the missing will -- Ingots of gold -- Double sin -- The hound of death -- The Cornish mystery -- The regatta mystery -- The flock of Geryon -- The edge -- The blood-stained pavement -- The adventure of the Dartmoor bungalow -- Bibliography.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Barry F. Wiksten book fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780063514058

0063514052

OCLC:

1603204436