num_pages: 276
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 sizeable 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: Roger Leonides, Chief Inspector Taverner, Clemency Leonides, Aristide Leonides, Sophia Leonides, Edith de Haviland, Eustace Leonides, Philip Leonides, The Old Man, Brenda Leonides, Detective Sergeant Lamb, Magda Leonides, Laurence Brown, Josephine Leonides, Charles Hayward
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Detective, Crime, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 70599
places: London, England
publisher: Minotaur Books