4.50 From Paddington
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition. DJ price clipped. Minor stains on book block. Binding remains tight. Clean text.
What begins as the fleeting vision of a strangled woman glimpsed through a passing train window sets in motion one of the most ingeniously plotted mysteries in the golden age of detective fiction. When Elspeth McGillicuddy witnesses what appears to be a murder on a parallel train, nobody believes her — nobody, that is, except her indomitable friend Miss Jane Marple, who dispatches a sharp-eyed young woman into the household of the Crackenthorpe family to uncover the truth buried on their crumbling estate. Agatha Christie's 4.50 from Paddington, first published in 1957, is a masterclass in misdirection, layering domestic intrigue, family secrets, and cold-blooded greed into a compulsively readable puzzle. Christie's genius lies in her ability to transform the ordinary — a train journey, a country house, a seemingly respectable family — into a theatre of suspicion where anyone could be guilty. Miss Marple, deceptively gentle and bracingly astute, anchors the novel with a quiet authority that Christie wielded with extraordinary precision across decades of writing. The novel illustrates the author's trademark gift for constructing an airtight plot while simultaneously illuminating the darker currents running beneath the surface of English village life. For readers who believe they can outwit one of crime fiction's greatest minds, this mystery issues an irresistible challenge.
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, The Crime Club by Collins, St James's Place, London
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Boards in good condition. DJ price clipped. Minor stains on book block. Binding remains tight. Clean text.
What begins as the fleeting vision of a strangled woman glimpsed through a passing train window sets in motion one of the most ingeniously plotted mysteries in the golden age of detective fiction. When Elspeth McGillicuddy witnesses what appears to be a murder on a parallel train, nobody believes her — nobody, that is, except her indomitable friend Miss Jane Marple, who dispatches a sharp-eyed young woman into the household of the Crackenthorpe family to uncover the truth buried on their crumbling estate. Agatha Christie's 4.50 from Paddington, first published in 1957, is a masterclass in misdirection, layering domestic intrigue, family secrets, and cold-blooded greed into a compulsively readable puzzle. Christie's genius lies in her ability to transform the ordinary — a train journey, a country house, a seemingly respectable family — into a theatre of suspicion where anyone could be guilty. Miss Marple, deceptively gentle and bracingly astute, anchors the novel with a quiet authority that Christie wielded with extraordinary precision across decades of writing. The novel illustrates the author's trademark gift for constructing an airtight plot while simultaneously illuminating the darker currents running beneath the surface of English village life. For readers who believe they can outwit one of crime fiction's greatest minds, this mystery issues an irresistible challenge.