Third Girl - (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she's a murderer and then disappears. The masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane.

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast confessing that she is a murderer--and then promptly disappears.

Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane....

From the Back Cover

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast confessing that she is a murderer--and then promptly disappears.

Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane....

Review Quotes

"Agatha Christie was a revolutionary writer; one of the first to make the detective story accessible, with clean, easy prose." -- Kate Mosse, New York Times bestselling author of Labyrinthe

"A beautifully set trap." -- New York Times

"First class Christie." -- Sunday Telegraph (London)