Peril at End House (Poirot)

Agatha Christie

Oct 2010 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed.

Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick’s sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn’t been committed. Yet.

Ratings and reviews

Agatha Christie again, again, again....... deceived us with her intelligence by putting the least expected person as the murderer! The plot progress of this book is fast and actually takes less time to complete it. Unusually, Poirot is so close to defeat yet he strikes at the murderer with the perfect explanation and amazes us. Really good book.

The book as well as the game is such a great creation as it is created by the Queen of crimefiction

Another gem from Agatha Christie

About the author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.