Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Sparkling Cyanide; The Secret Of Chimneys; Five Little Pigs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A single volume unites three of Agatha Christie's most masterfully crafted mysteries in one essential collection — a treasure trove for devotees of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Sparkling Cyanide revisits the poisoning death of Rosemary Barton, a case seemingly closed until her widower becomes convinced that murder, not suicide, claimed her life; The Secret of Chimneys draws a roguish adventurer into a web of international intrigue and royal scandal at an English country house; and Five Little Pigs presents Hercule Poirot with a decades-old murder, reconstructed entirely through the conflicting memories of five witnesses, each with their own guilt to conceal. Christie's genius lies in her architectural precision — each plot is a sealed room of misdirection, engineered to collapse at the exact moment she chooses, leaving the reader simultaneously astonished and convinced they should have known all along. This collection showcases the full breadth of her narrative range, from the glamorous social milieu of post-war London to the brooding corridors of an aristocratic English estate. Whether she is charting the cold calculations of a poisoner or unravelling a conspiracy that reaches the corridors of European power, Christie's prose remains icily controlled, her wit cutting, and her moral intelligence profound. For any reader who has yet to encounter these three gems together, this volume poses a delicious and dangerous question: can you trust your own conclusions?
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A single volume unites three of Agatha Christie's most masterfully crafted mysteries in one essential collection — a treasure trove for devotees of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Sparkling Cyanide revisits the poisoning death of Rosemary Barton, a case seemingly closed until her widower becomes convinced that murder, not suicide, claimed her life; The Secret of Chimneys draws a roguish adventurer into a web of international intrigue and royal scandal at an English country house; and Five Little Pigs presents Hercule Poirot with a decades-old murder, reconstructed entirely through the conflicting memories of five witnesses, each with their own guilt to conceal. Christie's genius lies in her architectural precision — each plot is a sealed room of misdirection, engineered to collapse at the exact moment she chooses, leaving the reader simultaneously astonished and convinced they should have known all along. This collection showcases the full breadth of her narrative range, from the glamorous social milieu of post-war London to the brooding corridors of an aristocratic English estate. Whether she is charting the cold calculations of a poisoner or unravelling a conspiracy that reaches the corridors of European power, Christie's prose remains icily controlled, her wit cutting, and her moral intelligence profound. For any reader who has yet to encounter these three gems together, this volume poses a delicious and dangerous question: can you trust your own conclusions?