description: In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly 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 sizable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level...
language: English
title: Crooked House
titlecomplete: Crooked House
characters: Sophia Leonides, Laurence Brown, Magda Leonides, Eustace Leonides, Josephine Leonides, Detective Sergeant Lamb, Aristide Leonides, Brenda Leonides, Chief Inspector Taverner, Philip Leonides, Clemency Leonides, Charles Hayward, Roger Leonides, Edith de Haviland, The Old Man
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Audiobook
ratings_count: 70644
places: London, England
publisher: Pocket Books