They Came to Baghdad

by Agatha Christie

Overview

In Agatha Christie’s classic crime adventure novel, They Came to Baghdad, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.

A secret superpower summit is being held in Baghdad, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.

Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.

The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer…Basrah…Lefarge. . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073785
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	95,280
Product dimensions:	7.82(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.76(d)
Lexile:	840L (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

A.N. Wilson

“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.”

Editorial Reviews

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

“The action is rapid....The characters are astonishingly real.” — New Yorker

“A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, just like those of her creator, never fail her.” — Times Literary Supplement (London)

From the Publisher

The action is rapid....The characters are astonishingly real.

New Yorker

A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, just like those of her creator, never fail her.

Times Literary Supplement (London)

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

The action is rapid....The characters are astonishingly real.

New Yorker

"A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, just like those of her creator, never fail her."

Time Magazines Literary Supplement (London)