Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie first edition published for the crime club by collins 1970. Crooked house, passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie a copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Passenger to frankfurt is agatha christie s celebrity fragrance of its day.
This was the last of agatha christie s spy novels, published in time to celebrate her 80th birthday, and also being the 80th book published counting uk and us short story collections. Passenger to frankfurt agatha christie wiki fandom. Each chapter begins with general comments on a novels geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story. She is anything but lesserknown, but its a fun change of pace to write about an author that many of you have actually read and some of you probably know more about than i do rather than the ones i usually write. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie 1992, paperback. Agatha christie, passenger to frankfurt 1970 i really need to come up with more excuses for blogging about agatha christie. Passenger to frankfurt was publicised as agatha christie s eightieth book, to commemorate her eightieth birthday and proved to be agatha christie s last spy novel. Download pdf download the complete agatha christie reading list. All of agatha christie s 66 detective novels are covered here in great detail. Little fires everywhere by celeste ng pdf, mobi, epub.
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According to guinness world records, she is the bestselling novelist of all time, her novels having sold over four billion copies and having been translated into more than one hundred languages. The collected works of agatha christie complete in 41 volumes even before you reach the bottom of the first page, an agatha christie thriller has you utterly, hopelessly, ecstatically hooked. Passenger to frankfurt is definitely of a different genre than the rest of her novels. Her first novel was the mysterious affair at styles, written towards the end of the first world war, in which she served as a. By agatha christie passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie the queen of mystery has come to harpercollins. Passenger to frankfurt 1970 nemesis 1971 mm elephants can remember 1972 hp postern of fate 1973 tt curtain 1975 hp poirot s final case written in 1940s sleeping murder 1976 mm marples final case written in the 1940s hercule poirot and the greenshore folly 2014 hp written in 1954. Passenger to frankfurt isbn 9780062094452 pdf epub. While the book starts with a bang, it makes you drag. This acclaimed book by agatha christie is available at in several formats for your ereader. Buy passenger to frankfurt masterpiece edition masterpiece ed by christie, agatha isbn.
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Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie has been in by tbr pile for a while, one of the few books by my favorite author that i had not read. The cult of celebrity in full swing in passenger to. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie, paperback. I feel sad giving only 1 star to an agatha christie novel, as i have found almost every other book ive read of hers really intriguing. Passenger to frankfurt kindle edition by agatha christie author 3.
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Passenger to frankfurt is unlike any other agatha christie book ive read. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie agatha christie. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. This edition was reprinted in 1970 and thus is a first edition early issue. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie overdrive. Parker pyne is a detective who appears in three agatha christie books. It was first published in 1970, the year she was 80, as her eightieth title, although she had written more than that. Parker pyne investigates, problem at pollensa bay and the regatta mystery. Agatha christie murder on the orient express 1 murder on the orient express agatha christie is the worlds best known mystery writer. Passenger to frankfurt has the largest vocabulary of all the works we analyzed.
More information about this seller contact this seller 18. An extravaganza is a spy novel by agatha christie first published in the united kingdom by the collins crime club in september 1970. A middleaged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen. Unfortunately, i found this to be a tedious read and not much mystery at all. Passenger to frankfurt agatha christie agatha christie was born in torquay of an english mother and an american father. The listerdale mystery the girl in the train the manhood of edward robinson jane in search of a job a fruitful sunday the golden ball the rajahs emerald swan song the hound of death the gipsy the lamp. Most of her other novels were set in a fictionalized devon, where she was born. Sir stafford nyes journey home from malaya to london takes an unexpected twist in the passenger lounge at frankfurt a young woman confides in him that. Passenger to frankfurt, is a true masterwork of surprise and suspense, as a diplomat comes to the aid of a terrified woman in an airport, only to find that his identity has been stolen and his life is suddenly in serious jeopardy. An extravanganza is a spy novel by agatha christie first published in the uk by the collins crime club in september 1970 and in the us by dodd, mead and company later in the same year.
The pale horse 1961, passenger to frankfurt 1970 and an autobiography1977. I love her novels, i love her plays and i love her life story. Agatha christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspensecreator of indomitable sleuth miss marple, meticulous. It is a book published purely because it would sell, and it would sell because the simple truth is that some people will buy anything that says agatha christie on it. It rambles on a lot, has many characters, and at times i wondered what it was all about. Passenger to frankfurt by agatha christie goodreads. Main character, sir stafford nye, british diplomat. It is more a book about politics and social commentary than the.
See all 23 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Agatha christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspensecreator of indomitable sleuth miss marple, meticulous belgian detective hercule poirot, and so. Christie s superb standalone mystery, passenger to frankfurt, is a true masterwork of surprise and suspense, as a diplomat comes to the aid of a terrified woman in an airport, only to find that his identity has been stolen and his life is suddenly in serious jeopardy. Sir stafford nyes journey home from malaya to london takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at frankfurt a young woman confides in. But its moot now, because i have read it, and i can tell you this. There is simply no escape, as you are drawn inexorably into the labyrinth of intrigue.
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