Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Death On The Nile; Towards Zero; After The Funeral
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Three masterworks of the golden age of detective fiction are brought together in this essential omnibus, uniting Agatha Christie's most celebrated plots in a single, indispensable volume. Death on the Nile sends the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot aboard a luxury Nile steamer, where a society beauty's murder forces him to untangle a web of jealousy and passion beneath an Egyptian sun; Towards Zero strips the crime novel to its purest form, building with cold precision toward a killing that was always inevitable; and After the Funeral presents Poirot with a deceptively simple inheritance dispute that conceals a far more sinister truth beneath its genteel surface. Christie remains the undisputed queen of the puzzle-plot, and this collection showcases the full spectrum of her genius — from the exotic and atmospheric to the psychologically intricate. Her prose is deceptively simple, a crystalline vehicle for misdirection so artful that the reader is confounded and delighted in equal measure. Published by the distinguished London house Hamlyn, this omnibus stands as a testament to Christie's unrivalled command of suspense, character, and the perfectly engineered surprise — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, how they never saw it coming.
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Hamlyn, London
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Three masterworks of the golden age of detective fiction are brought together in this essential omnibus, uniting Agatha Christie's most celebrated plots in a single, indispensable volume. Death on the Nile sends the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot aboard a luxury Nile steamer, where a society beauty's murder forces him to untangle a web of jealousy and passion beneath an Egyptian sun; Towards Zero strips the crime novel to its purest form, building with cold precision toward a killing that was always inevitable; and After the Funeral presents Poirot with a deceptively simple inheritance dispute that conceals a far more sinister truth beneath its genteel surface. Christie remains the undisputed queen of the puzzle-plot, and this collection showcases the full spectrum of her genius — from the exotic and atmospheric to the psychologically intricate. Her prose is deceptively simple, a crystalline vehicle for misdirection so artful that the reader is confounded and delighted in equal measure. Published by the distinguished London house Hamlyn, this omnibus stands as a testament to Christie's unrivalled command of suspense, character, and the perfectly engineered surprise — leaving the reader to wonder, long after the final page, how they never saw it coming.