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In a sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinley Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sophia Leonides: Charles's "sweetheart", a very intelligent young woman. Daughter of Magda and Philip. She was abroad in Cairo when she met Charles.
- Josephine: Sophia's confident little sister, twelve-year-old Josephine is a budding detective.
- Roger Leonides: A loyal and sentimental man, Roger makes a sorry businessman and longs for the simple life.
- Charles: The main character, and a son of a detective at Scotland Yard. He is determined to solve the mystery so that he can marry Sophia.
- Brenda Leonides: The second wife of Aristide, she is much, much younger than him and has an interest in Lawrence.
- Inspector Taverner: A detective at Scotland Yard.
- Magda Leonides: The dramatic actress wife of Philip and mother of Sophia, Josephine, and Eustace, she is determined to air her plays.
- Eustace: A sensitive type of fellow, Eustace is appalled at having to share his teacher with his sister.
- Mr. Laurence Brown: Laurence is a man who does not believe in war, resulting in his not participating in WWII; however, he is a fantastic tutor with and eye for Brenda. . . .
- Mr. Gaitskill: Aristides' competent lawyer.
- Edith De Haviland: Aristide's unmarried sister-in-law from his first marriage, lives with the family to help with the children
- Philip: The second son of Ariside, he regrets his brother and is an avid historian and writer.
- Aristide Leonides: An elderly man with a shrewd sense of business.
- Edith Thompson: Famous murderer
- Nannie: Employee of the househoild
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First Sentence edit
I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 32 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Appointment with Death, and followed by The Secret of Chimneys.
This book is in Agatha Christie Non-Series Mystery Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
Other Contributors:
- J.A.W. Hartong-de Roode (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Crooked House'
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1949
ISBN: 031298166X
Page Count: 288
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1949
ISBN: 031298166X
Page Count: 288
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- Dewey: 828'.912
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