Product Description
A hardcover 3 in 1 onmibus edition ( issued as part of the uniform Crime Collection by Paul Hamlyn Publishing, 19769)
Publisher's blood red tint to upper page block, matching red endpages. Edgewear to covers, now in a clear plastic removable jacket protector.
Sun fade to the upper DJ spine.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ( Poirot)
Think you know whodunnit? Think again. Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she killed herself.But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her? Had it really driven her to suicide? Sadly, Roger Ackroyd wasn't going to live long enough to find out . . .
They Do it With Mirrors ( Miss Marple)
A shocking crime. A mansion filled with suspects. Ruth Van Rydock can't shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house. Her old school friend Jane Marple decides it's time to pay a visit. But this grand Victorian mansion isn't just a family home - it's also a correctional facility for wayward young men. And when something terrible does indeed happen, Miss Marple must face her most eccentric cast of suspects yet. Never underestimate Miss Marple'
Mrs McGinty's Dead
An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage…'Mrs McGinty's dead!' 'How did she die?' 'Down on one knee, just like I!'The old children's game now seemed rather tasteless. The real Mrs McGinty was killed by a crushing blow to the back of the head and her pitifully small savings were stolen. Suspicion falls immediately on her lodger, hard up and out of a job. Hercule Poirot has other ideas - unaware that his own life is now in great danger…