They Came to Baghdad

Agatha Christie

Jul 2012 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Emilia Fox

About this audiobook

In Agatha Christie’s classic crime adventure novel, They Came to Baghdad, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.

A secret superpower summit is being held in Baghdad, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.

Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.

The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge. . . .

Ratings and reviews

This is a fun standalone spy story. There are some improbable events, as you'd expect from spy stories if the era, but the central mystery is engaging. The lead character, Victoria, has a lot of spunk and wit, so readers will want to see how she gets out of trouble. The only downside is that the main villain doesn't get as much comeuppance as he deserves. Still, Agatha Christie fans and classic spy novel enthusiasts will have an overall blast with this book.

instantly compelling narrative and characters

About the author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.