Some of Agatha Christie’s earliest stories – including her very first – which show the Queen of Crime in the making…A macabre recurring dream … revenge against a blackmailer … jealousy, infidelity and a tortured conscience … a stolen gemstone … the haunting attraction of an ancient relic … a race against time … a tragic love triangle … a body in a box … an unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…Nine quintessential examples of Agatha Christie's brilliance are contained in this collection of early short stories – including the very first one she ever wrote – and provide a unique glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making.
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Агата Кристи. While the Light Lasts
Copyright
Preface
The House of Dreams
AFTERWORD
The Actress
AFTERWORD
The Edge
AFTERWORD
Christmas Adventure
AFTERWORD
The Lonely God
AFTERWORD
Manx Gold. FOREWORD
Manx Gold
AFTERWORD
‘A little intelligence could easily find the treasure’
‘Too easy’
‘More or less by accident’
‘85 paces east north east of sacred circle Spanish Head.’
