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Double Sin and Other Stories
297 pages
A collection of ingenious, terror-shadowed puzzles that invite readers to match wits with master sleuths.
What it feels like
Step into a world of traditional English mystery where suave sleuths and cunning killers engage in a deadly battle of wits. This collection of short stories moves at a brisk pace, whisking readers from the sinister streets of London to the terror-shadowed countryside and even a bizarre chamber of horror in Paris. The mood is steeped in suspense and classic intrigue, offering superlative reading pleasure as intricate puzzles involving blood-red rubies and mansions made for murder are meticulously unraveled. Written with an ingenious and traditional flair, the prose invites you to sit back and enjoy the intellectual thrill of the chase. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour classic detective fiction and delight in the satisfying triumph of deduction.
- Mood
- sinister
- terror-shadowed
- suspenseful
- bizarre
- Tone
- suave
- suspenseful
- traditional
- cunning
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- intellectual deduction · cunning deception · traditional mystery · hidden danger
- The writing
- Traditional and ingenious, delivering superlative suspense through carefully constructed puzzles.
- The arc
- Moves from the initial shock of sinister crimes to the satisfying intellectual triumph of unraveling cunning deceptions.
- Who it's for
- Fans of classic English detective fiction who delight in matching wits with suave sleuths across varied, sinister locales.
Content notes
- murder
About the book
A BLOOD-RED RUBY... A WASP'S NEST OF FEAR... A MANSION MADE FOR MURDER... confront that suave master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and the inimitable Miss Jane Marple, as they match wits with as cunning and deadly a killing crew as Agatha Christie has ever assembled. In tales that range from the sinister streets of London to the terror-shadowed English countryside to a bizarre chamber of horror in Paris, you are invited on a journey into superlative reading pleasure.
WITH OVER 200 MILLION COPIES OF HER BOOKS SOLD, AGATHA CHRISTIE IS UNEQUALLED AS A RENOWED AND DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR OF INGENIOUS TALES OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE.
This description comes from the 1970 Dell edition.
Description from Open Library.
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