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Authors: Agatha Christie
ISBN-13: 9781609421045, ISBN-10: 1609421043
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lits
Date Published: October 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is nearly synonymous with upper-class British mysteries, for good reason. She set the standard for the genre in over 60 novels and dozens of short stories, also creating two classic detectives: the fastidious Belgian, Hercule Poirot, and English spinster Jane Marple. No one could match Christie's knack for weaving clues into her stories, then turning the whole thing inside out -- shocking her readers every time.

Book Synopsis

Christie's popular detective team Tommy and Tuppence make their first appearance in this audiobook in which the duo is hired to find a woman who disappears with sensitive government documents.

Table of Contents

Cast of Charactersvii
Part 1The Facts
1An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express3
2The Tokatlian Hotel13
3Poirot Refuses a Case21
4A Cry in the Night29
5The Crime33
6A Woman45
7The Body53
8The Armstrong Kidnapping Case63
Part 2The Evidence
1The Evidence of the Wagon Lit Conductor69
2The Evidence of the Secretary76
3The Evidence of the Valet81
4The Evidence of the American Lady87
5The Evidence of the Swedish Lady95
6The Evidence of the Russian Princess101
7The Evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi108
8The Evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot114
9The Evidence of Mr. Hardman123
10The Evidence of the Italian130
11The Evidence of Miss Debenham134
12The Evidence of the German Lady's-maid140
13Summary of the Passengers' Evidence147
14The Evidence of the Weapon155
15The Evidence of the Passengers' Luggage163
Part 3Hercule Poirot Sits Back and Thinks
1Which of Them?181
2Ten Questions189
3Certain Suggestive Points195
4The Grease Spot on a Hungarian Passport204
5The Christian Name of Princess Dragomiroff211
6A Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot216
7The Identity of Mary Debenham220
8Further Surprising Revelations224
9Poirot Propounds Two Solutions231

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