Double sin : and other stories

A collection of Agatha Christie short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, now available as a trade paperback In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits....A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed....In summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible....In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime. Only the Queen of Mystery could have conceived such delicious treats for suspense lovers. Only the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple could solve them with such chilling perfection. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign countries. She is the author of eighty novels and short-story collections, nineteen plays, and six novels under the name Mary Westmacott. She died in 1976. "Time and again Agatha Christie pulled off what many obviously greater writers labored for in vain, a work of art which is both perfectly crafted and morally satisfying." - A. N. Wilson Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both make appearances in Agatha Christie's Double Sin and Other Stories, a sterling collection of short mystery fiction that offers double the suspense, surprise, and fun.In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll dressed in green velvet adopts some rather human, and rather sinister, traits.A country gentleman is questioned about a murder yet to be committed.While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever dared imagine possible.In a small country church, a dying man's last word becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.These chilling stories, and more, cleverly wrought by master Agatha Christie and solved by the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. **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.

In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits. . . . A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed. . . . While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible. . . . In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.

Only the Queen of Mystery could have conceived such delicious treats for suspense lovers. Only the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple could solve them with such chilling perfection.

In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits....A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed....In summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible....In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime. Only the Queen of Crime could have conceived such delicious treats for mystery lovers. Only the inimitable Herule Poirot and Miss Marple could solve them with such chilling perfection Double sin Wasp's nest The theft of the royal ruby The dressmaker's doll Greenshaw's folly The double clue The last séance Sanctuary. Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple match wits and guile with cunning killers and evildoers in eight tales