They Came to Baghdad

by Agatha Christie Narrated by Emilia Fox

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. . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

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)

Times Literary Supplement (London)

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

New Yorker

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

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.

New Yorker

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

Time Magazines Literary Supplement (London)

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

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170295869
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/03/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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