description: In a sprawling mansion in affluent 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, much-younger beauty rumored to have been engaged in an illicit affair. But criminologist Charles Hayward, who's in love with the dead man's granddaughter Sophia, has his suspicions about the whole unsavory Leonides clan. Can he solve the puzzle without implicating Sophia? Christie considered this novel, dramatically read by Hugh Fraser, one of her best.
language: English
title: Crooked House
titlecomplete: Crooked House
characters: Detective Sergeant Lamb, Clemency Leonides, Laurence Brown, The Old Man, Eustace Leonides, Aristide Leonides, Edith de Haviland, Josephine Leonides, Sophia Leonides, Magda Leonides, Brenda Leonides, Roger Leonides, Chief Inspector Taverner, Charles Hayward, Philip Leonides
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Classics, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Murder Mystery, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 70618
places: London, England
publisher: Audio Partners