By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Book 4 of Tommy and Tuppence
Language: English
Beresford; Tommy (Fictitious character) Beresford; Tuppence (Fictitious character) Crime & Thriller Crime & mystery Detective Domestic fiction Fiction Fiction - Mystery General Married people Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - Series Mystery & Detective - Traditional British Mystery fiction Political Private investigators Private investigators - England Suspense Traditional Traditional British Women Sleuths
Publisher: Signet
Published: Aug 15, 2000
Description:
An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic… **
Review
"Masterly storytelling"Times Literary Supplement"Agatha Christie has surpassed herself"New York Times
Review
'The most macabre and eerie Christie I have read for a long time.' Sunday Express 'All beautifully plotted in the way that Mrs Christie is famous for. The title is from Macbeth: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Wicked indeed!' Best Sellers 'Ladies disappearing from homes of rest, sinister empty houses, hints of gang-leaders mixed with black magic -- mystery at the usual high Christie level.' Evening Standard 'Devised with fiendish ingenuity in the classic Christie cast.' Illustrated London News