Book description
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out…
When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she
finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor,
impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the
highly polished veneer.
Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set
in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the
wrong day… 'One of the author's very best productions, with splendid
pace, bright lines.' Saturday Review of Literature
'A joy to read from beginning to end, especially in its acute
sensitivity to the contrasts between this era and that of Miss Marple's
youth.' New York Times
'Miss Christie's pearly talent for dealing with all the words and pomps
that go with murder English-style shimmers steadily in this tale of the
noisy woe that shatters the extremely expensive peace of Bertram's
famously old-fashioned hotel.' New Yorker 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
