num_pages: 224
description: A selection of mysteries, some light-hearted, some romantic, some very deadly… Twelve tantalizing cases… the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlywed’s fear of her ex-fiance; a strange encounter on a train; a domestic murder investigation; a wild man’s sudden personality change; a retired inspector’s hunt for a murderess; a young woman’s impersonation of a duchess; a necklace hidden in a basket of cherries; a mystery writer’s arrest for murder; an astonishing marriage proposal; a soprano’s hatred for a baritone; the case of the rajah’s emerald. All of these short stories have one thing in the skilful hand of Agatha Christie.
language: English
title: The Listerdale Mystery
titlecomplete: The Listerdale Mystery
characters: Lord Listerdale, Dorothy Pratt, Mary Montresor, Edward Robinson, Sir Edward Palliser, K.C., Anthony Eastwood, George Dundas, Mrs. St. Vincent, George Rowland, Captain Haydock, Dick Windyford, Mr. Evans, retired C.I.D. Inspector, James Bond, Edward Palgrove, Jane Cleveland, Gerald Martin, Mrs. Margaret Merrowdene, Magdalen Vaughan, Alix Martin, Paula Nazorkoff
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 4806
publisher: HarperCollins