The Clocks (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie, Mallory (DM) (Editor)

Overview

When a young secretary, Sheila Webb, is sent to the home of a blind woman on an errand, she is horrified to discover a dead man behind the couch, surrounded by four clocks that have all been stopped at 4:13. The owner arrives home and denies that the clocks belong to her, the deceased's business card turns out to be a fraud, and a woman shows up claiming to be the dead man's wife. There is only one man who can unravel this complicated case: Hercule Poirot.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062573360
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/04/2016
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	744,983
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	670L (what's this?)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

James Grippando

“Hercule Poirot is one of those rare fictional characters who came to shape my thinking as both a lawyer and a crime novelist.”

Editorial Reviews

Hercule Poirot is one of those rare fictional characters who came to shape my thinking as both a lawyer and a crime novelist.” — James Grippando, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Swyteck Novels

“Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory.” — New York Times Book Review

“Christie addicts will cherish this book. Total absorption is guaranteed.” — Sunday Times (London)

From the Publisher

Hercule Poirot is one of those rare fictional characters who came to shape my thinking as both a lawyer and a crime novelist.

James Grippando

Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory.

New York Times Book Review

Christie addicts will cherish this book. Total absorption is guaranteed.

Sunday Times (London)

Listeners are in the hands of a pro with reader Robin Bailey, who effortlessly draws them into the Christie’s fictional microcosm. Dame Agatha has the uncanny knack of creating a perfectly rendered and self-contained little world with exquisite details, from the color of an office girl’s shoes to the art on a suspect’s walls. To be so completely transported is a rare thing and is brought off beautifully by Bailey, who, like so many British actors, is a consummate professional, able to endow characters with their own quirks and nuances. When a dead man turns up on the floor of a blind woman’s apartment surrounded by clocks all set to read 4:13, Special Branch Investigator Colin Lamb consults his old friend Hercule Poirot to unravel this clever puzzle. The intricate works of an Agatha Christie story are an immense pleasure, especially when delivered in so satisfying a narration. D.G. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

OCT/NOV 04 - AudioFile