num_pages: 352
description: Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill again to remain in the shadows. Shaded in the moral ambiguity of murder, the provocative psychological puzzler of guilt, vengeance, and blood secrets is among Agatha Christie's personal favorites.
language: English
title: Ordeal by Innocence
titlecomplete: Ordeal by Innocence
characters: Andrew Marshall, Hester Argyle, Maureen Clegg, Mary Durrant, Leo Argyle, Philip Durrant, Superintendent Huish, Tina Argyle, Kirsten Lindstrom, Donald Craig, Arthur Calgary, Micheal Argyle, Gwenda Vaughan
genres: Classics, British Literature, Mystery, Murder Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 25809
places: England
publisher: Harper