Agatha Christie

The Clocks

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman’s house. Now with a beautiful new series look! Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent—not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or owning all the clocks that surround the body, it’s clear that they are going to need a very good detective. “This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple,” declares Poirot. But there’s a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away.…

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780063376953
• ISBN-10: 0063376954
• Artikelnr.: 72868358

Autorenporträt

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

© Angus Mc Bean (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Rezensionen

'Deliberately fantastic.' Times Literary Supplement

'Superlative Christie... extremely ingenious.' The Bookman

'A sure-fire attention-gripper naturally.' Saturday Review

'Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory.' New York Times