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Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) Unknown - 1999
by Agatha Christie
Summary
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Peril at End House;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.Nick is an unusual name for a pretty young woman. And Nick Buckley has been leading an unusual life of late. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car fail. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder misses her by inches. Safe in bed, she is almost crushed by a painting. Upon discovering a bullet hole in Nick’s sun hat, Hercule Poirot (who had come to Cornwall for a simple holiday with his friend Captain Hastings) decides that the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.Times Literary Supplement: 'Ingenious.'
First line
NO seaside town in the south of England is, I think, as attractive as St. Loo.
Details
- Title Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
- Author Agatha Christie
- Binding unknown
- Edition 1st Edition
- Publisher Tandem Library
- Date October 1999
- ISBN 9780785748908