Bibliograph

Black coffee, a Hercule Poirot novel, by Agatha Christie ; adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne

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Black coffee, a Hercule Poirot novel, by Agatha Christie ; adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Black coffee

Oclc number

42263678

Responsibility statement

by Agatha Christie ; adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne

Sub title

a Hercule Poirot novel

Summary

An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee. Poirot soon identifies a potent brew of despair, treachery, and deception amid the mansion's occupants. Now he must find the formula and the killer ... while letting no poison slip 'twix his own lips

Target audience

adult

Classification