BLACK COFFEE - POIROT
A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie's stage play by Charles Osborne Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe. BLACK COFFEE was Agatha Christie's first playscript, originally performed in 1930 and made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Combining her typically beguiling plot and sparkling dialogue with his own faithful narrative, Charles Osborne's novelisation is A worthy addition to the Christie canon' The Spectator
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie began writing during the First World War and wrote over 100 novels, plays and short story collections. She was still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. Yet Agatha Christie was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends.
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CHRISTIE AGATHA
Agatha Christie nació el 15 de septiembre de 1890 en Torquay, Inglaterra, y falleció el 12 de enero de 1976 en Wallingford. Es considerada la escritora de misterio más famosa del siglo XX y una de las autoras más leídas de todos los tiempos. Publicó más de ochenta novelas y colecciones de cuentos, además de obras de teatro, bajo su nombre y el seudónimo Mary Westmacott. Creó a los célebres detectives Hércules Poirot y Miss Marple, protagonistas de muchas de sus historias. Sus obras más conocidas incluyen Diez negritos y Asesinato en el Orient Express, clásicos de la novela policial.
