Sad Cypress - Poirot

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...
Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison.
Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...

About the author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Summary

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will…

Report

"Poirot solves another exciting case"
Daily Mail

Product details

• Authors: Agatha Christie
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.05.2015
• EAN: 9780008129576
• ISBN: 978-0-00-812957-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Hercule Poirot; Poirot; Hercule Poirot; Poirot
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Crime & mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Mystery;Detective;Poirot