Cards on the Table

£1,250 · Offered by Goldsboro Books

A Poirot story. A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitanas private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether

• Binding: Hardcover

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