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Sophie Hannah
"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ..." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live. Among Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited -- until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why -- when the crime is committed despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it -- does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?
| Pages | 371 |
|---|---|
| Search language | simple |
| ISBN_10 | 0-008-13409-X primary |
| ISBN_10 | 0-008-13410-3 primary |
| ISBN_10 | 0-008-13412-X primary |
| ISBN_13 | 978-0-008-13409-9 primary |
| ISBN_13 | 978-0-008-13410-5 primary |
| ISBN_13 | 978-0-008-13411-2 primary |
| ISBN_13 | 978-0-008-13412-9 primary |
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