Peril at End House
About this book
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Peril at End House;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.Nick is an unusual name for a pretty young woman. And Nick Buckley has been leading an unusual life of late. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car fail. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder misses her by inches. Safe in bed, she is almost crushed by a painting. Upon discovering a bullet hole in Nick’s sun hat, Hercule Poirot (who had come to Cornwall for a simple holiday with his friend Captain Hastings) decides that the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.Times Literary Supplement: 'Ingenious.'
canon of Hercule Poirot · 29 books
In publication order- The Big Four 1927
- Peril at End House 1932 This book
- Murder on the Orient Express 1934
- Three Act Tragedy 1934
Subjects
- captain hastings (fictitious character)
- detective and mystery stories
- detectives
- england, fiction
- english detective and mystery stories
- english language
- english literature
- fiction
- fiction, mystery & detective, general
- fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- hercule poirot (fictitious character)
- large type books
- london (england), fiction
- mystery
- poirot, hercule (fictitious character), fiction
- private investigators
- private investigators, fiction