Third Girl - Softcover

Third Girl (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) Edition: First

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061003824 ISBN 13: 9780061003820

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992

Synopsis

Three girls shared the same apartment in London. The former worked as a secretary; The second was an artist; The third, who went in search of Hercule Poirot to request his help, has disappeared believing the murderer of the other two. Now, in the midst of rumors about revolvers, automatic knives, and bloodstains, Poirot must show his habitual tenacity to establish, without any evidence, whether the third girl is guilty, innocent, or simply crazy. Another novel in which Poirot will be affected by one of his few weaknesses: to help young women in distress, something that always makes him accept the more complicated cases.

About this title

Review:

"First class Christie."--Sunday Telegraph (London)

"A beautifully set trap."--New York Times

A beautifully set trap. --New York Times"

First class Christie. --Sunday Telegraph (London)"

Agatha Christie was a revolutionary writer; one of the first to make the detective story accessible, with clean, easy prose. --Kate Mosse, New York Times bestselling author of Labyrinthe"

"Agatha Christie was a revolutionary writer; one of the first to make the detective story accessible, with clean, easy prose."--Kate Mosse, New York Times bestselling author of Labyrinthe

From the Back Cover:

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast confessing that she is a murderer--and then promptly disappears.

Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane....

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0061003824
• ISBN 13: 9780061003820
• Binding: Paperback