“Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire’s granddaughter.
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Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. Crooked House is the book paired with The Man in the Brown Suit in that series of double feature packages, so I just kept on listening after I’d finished the first book which was an even more proximate choice as Crooked House is one of my favorite non-series mysteries by Christie and on my list of overall favorite books by her as well. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. Now a Feature Film from Sony Pictures Starring Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, and Glenn Closeĭescribed by the Queen of Mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published works, Crooked House is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: '17-122 Kilmorden Castle'? The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. In fact, adventure comes looking for her-and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure.
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The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station. Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook