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Black Coffee

Agatha Christie author Charles Osborne editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:18th May '17

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Sugar and cream?
Or a lethal dose of poison?

The inventor of a powerful new explosive,Sir Claud Amory, is somewhat disconcerted when the chemical formula goes missing – the situation worsened by the knowledge that the thief is one of Sir Claud’s house-guests. A relative? Or a ‘friend’?

Whoever the culprit, Sir Claud decides to give them a sporting chance – which is more than someone gives him. As the doors are locked and the lights turned off, rather than return the formula, one of the guests adds something to their host’s coffee . . .

Adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne

‘A lively and light-hearted read which will give pleasure to all those who have long wished that there was just one more Christie to devour’
Antonia Fraser, Sunday Telegraph

‘Reads like authentic, vintage Christie. I feel sure Agatha would be proud to have written it’
Mathew Prichard, Agatha Christie’s grandson

ISBN: 9780008196653

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 160g

192 pages