Cards on the Table

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly.

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's "private collection."

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether....

“"When you think it's Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie." -- William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures "The finest murder story of her career....Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious." -- Daily Mail (London)”

"When you think it's Colonel Mustard in the basement with the crescent wrench, you owe the fun to Dame Christie." -- William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures

"The finest murder story of her career....Mrs. Christie has never been more ingenious." -- Daily Mail (London)

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's "private collection." Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether....

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense-creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters-brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In Cards on the Table, the wily Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly.

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