Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition: 14 (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062073737 ISBN 13: 9780062073730

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2011

Synopsis

In Agatha Christie's classic mystery, Cards on the Table, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's "private collection."

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether....

About this title

Review:

"The finest murder story of her career....Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious."--Daily Mail (London)

"When you think it's Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie."--William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures

From the Back Cover:

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's "private collection."

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether....

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062073737
• ISBN 13: 9780062073730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272