The Mysterious Mr Quin
By (Author) Agatha Christie
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
2nd May 2017
20th April 2017
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
823.912
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
250g
A mysterious stranger appears at a New Years Eve party, becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite
So far, it had been a typical New Years Eve house party. But Mr Satterthwaite a keen observer of human nature sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold.
So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair
The book offers a rare treat for discriminating readers.
New York Times
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 countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.