Mrs. McGinty's Dead - (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie (Paperback)

About the Book

Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. James Bentley, her lodger, has traces of her blood and hair on his clothes, but there's more to this case. Can Poirot stay alive long enough to find the truth?

Book Synopsis

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.

Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn't seem like a murderer.

Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . .

From the Back Cover

Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn't seem like a murderer.

Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . .

Review Quotes

"The best Poirot since such prewar classics as Cards on the Table." -- New York Times

"The plot is perfect and the characters are wonderful." -- San Francisco Chronicle