Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery. Агата Кристи
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Closed Casket
THE NEW HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY
SOPHIE HANNAH
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2016
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Source ISBN: 9780008134099
Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008134112
Version: 2018-10-02
For Mathew and James Prichard and family,
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Table of Contents
Chapter 3: A Particular Interest in Death
Chapter 4: An Unexpected Admirer
Chapter 5: Tears Before Dinner
Chapter 8: A Stroll in the Gardens
Chapter 12: Sophie Points a Finger
Chapter 14: Lady Playford’s Two Lists
Chapter 15: Seeing, Hearing and Looking
Chapter 17: The Grandfather Clock
Chapter 21: The Casket Question