Murder Preferred: The Patriotic Murders; A Murder is Announced; Murder in Retrospect
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1950. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2326298
Book club edition. Lacks jacket. Edges rubbed, spine faded and creased.
410 pp. Three titles in one volume: The Patriotic Murders; A Murder is Announced; Murder in Retrospect. ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS: In an investigation that begins to point toward international intrigue and terrorism, Hercule Poirot searches for his dentist's murderer. ABOUT A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.' Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the pointed time when, without warning, the lights go out... ABOUT MURDER IN RETROSPECT: Take one dead lothario; add his jealous wife accused of his murder; toss in a devoted daughter who wants to clear her mother's name, and you get one of the greatest challenges of Hercule Poirot's career.
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