Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - A Hercule Poirot novel
by Agatha Christie
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Stated first edition: September 1998. Book in near mint condition with like new dj, co cllipping, no writing a very clean copy./Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 031219241X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312192419
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About This Item
Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, Black Coffee brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his "little grey cells" one more deliciously deductive time... An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee. Poirot soon identifies a potent brew of despair, treachery, and deception amid the mansion's occupants. Now he must find the formula and the killer...while letting no poison slip 'twix his low lips.
Synopsis
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Black Coffee;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.Sir Claud Amory’s formula for a powerful new explosive has been stolen, presumably by a member of his large household. Sir Claud assembles his suspects in the library and locks the door, instructing them that the when the lights go out, the formula must be replaced on the table—and no questions will be asked. But when the lights come on, Sir Claud is dead. Now Hercule Poirot, assisted by Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp, must unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames, and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.
Reviews
Talks of great coffee and I can appreciate them. Organo gold is my preference.
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- Title
- Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - A Hercule Poirot novel
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Book Condition
- New Stated first edition: September 1998. Book in near mint condition with like new dj, co cllipping, no writing a very clean copy.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated first edition: September 1998.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 031219241X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312192419
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Minotaur
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General; Christmas Catalog;
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