Cards On The Table (Hercule Poirot #15), Agatha Christie. Meeting by chance at an art exhibition, the flamboyant collector Mr Shaitana tells Hercule Poirot of his personal crime-related collection, and invites him to a dinner party to see it/5. Cards on the Table. A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players. Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private collection. Cards on the Table is not a traditional Christie whodunit by any means, neither is it a typical Poirot mystery - but what it is, is an extremely cleverly executed mystery. Published first in , this was also the first outing for the eccentric Ariadne www.doorway.ru by:
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 , after a prolific career spanning six decades. Cards on the Table: Directed by Sarah Harding. With David Suchet, James Alper, Philip Bowen, Cordelia Bugeja. The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 'detectives' to his opulent apartment. CARDS ON THE TABLE Foreword by the Author There is an idea prevalent that a detective story is rather like a big race a number of starters--likely horses and jockeys. "You pays your money and you takes your choice!" The favorite is by common consent the opposite of a favorite on the racecourse. In other words he is likely to be a complete outsider!
Cards on the Table is a detective fiction novel by the English author Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $ Cards on the Table is a detective novel by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 2 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $ AGATHA CHRISTIE - CARDS ON THE TABLE, published by Collins, copyright , First Edition, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), lists to "Murder in Mesopotamia" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine.
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