A later review called it clever and unusual. Lord Edgware Dies is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and in the US. The novel was well received at publication, in both London and New York, noting the clue that came from the chance remark of a stranger, calling it ingenious. By the next morning Lord Edgware and another American actress are found murdered, each at their own homes. That evening, the actress is seen at a dinner with thirteen guests, which has an associated superstition. Poirot agrees to help her, meeting her husband. Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to get rid of her estranged husband. An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting a divorce from her husband. Lord Edgware Dies (Agatha Christie Collection) Book Jacket None EDITORIAL REVIEW: Agatha Christies famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him just before his death and Hercule Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to get rid of him. The novel features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. Before its book publication, the novel was serialised in six issues (March–August 1933) of The American Magazine as 13 For Dinner. Lord Edgware Dies is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of Thirteen at Dinner. Read by Hugh Fraser the actor who portrays Captain Hastings in the TV series.

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