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A 1954 three-act play written at the request of Margaret Lockwood. The script of the play was novelized and published in 2000. (For more information.)
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, a diplomat's wife, discovers a body in her home as she prepares for a dignitary to visit their home for an important negotiation. What happens next is a both comedy and mystery. ...more
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, a diplomat's wife, discovers a body in her home as she prepares for a dignitary to visit their home for an important negotiation. What happens next is a both comedy and mystery. ...more
This is the first time I read an adaptation of Christie's play, that was written by Charles Osborne. I have mixed feelings about this book - and I think I could say that this book doesn't feel like a Christie's. First of all, this is an adaptation from a play into a novel, so it feels a bit weird from me because this book lacks of narrative and has too much conversations or dialogues, unlike other Agatha's books. Also, maybe because it was taken from a play, some scenes are too comical and even
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Apr 01, 2016
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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