Cat Among the Pigeons : A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Review 'Immensely enjoyable.' Daily Express 'To read Agatha Christie at her best is to experience the rarefied pleasure of watching a faultless technician at work, and she is in top form in Cat Among the Pigeons.' New York Times About the Author Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

another Term Has Begun At Meadowbank, A Prestigious, Well-respected British Girls' School. The Indomitable Headmistress Is Preparing To Retire And Name Her Successor. There Is A Disconcertingly Mature Middle Eastern Princess Among The Students And Several New Staff Members In Residence. And A Brand-new Sports Pavilion Is The Pride Of The Campus.

but The School Year Suddenly Takes A Deadly Turn When One Of The Teachers Is Found Shot To Death. As The Investigation Ensues, It Becomes Clear That The Killer Was Not An Outsider—and Equally Clear That No One At Meadowbank Is Who He Or She Seems To Be. It Is Up To Hercule Poirot To Determine Who Is Who—and, More Importantly, What Has Drawn The Killer To The School—before Anyone Else Falls Victim To The Cat Among The Pigeons.

publishers Weekly

the Classic 1959 Christie Tale Is Revisited In This Utterly Charming And Intriguing Murder Mystery In Which Two Teachers Find The Body Of The New Games' Mistress In The Gymnasium, The Latest Victim Of The So-called Cat Killer. Though Not A Predominant Character For Most Of The Tale, Christie's Legendary Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot Is On The Case. Hugh Fraser Relates This Tale With Classic English Charm, Speaking With A Pitch-perfect And Ear-pleasing Dialect That Adds To The Atmosphere. Fraser Reads With Sheer Delight, Offering A Fun Variety Of Characters, Including A Marvelous Take On Poirot Himself. The Experience Created Is Truly Cinematic And Listeners Will Be Giddy With Delight! (may)

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E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Cat Among the Pigeons;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls’ school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, Hereditary Sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing experiment—‘hospitals, schools, a Health Service’—is coming to chaos, knows that he must prepare for the day of his exile. He asks his pilot and school friend, Bob Rawlinson, to care for a packet of jewels. Rawlinson does so, hiding them among the possessions of his niece, Jennifer Sutcliffe, who is bound for Meadowbank. Rawlinson is killed before he can reveal the hiding place—or even the fact that he has employed his niece as a smuggler. But someone knows, or suspects, that Jennifer has the jewels. As murder strikes Meadowbank, only Hercule Poirot can restore the peace. A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls' school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, Hereditary Sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing experiment -- 'hospitals, schools, a Health Service' -- is coming to chaos, knows that he must prepare for the day of his exile. He asks his pilot and school friend, Bob Rawlinson, to care for a packet of jewels. Rawlinson does so, hiding them among the possessions of his niece, Jennifer Sutcliffe, who is bound for Meadowbank. Rawlinson is killed before he can reveal the hiding place--or even the fact that he has employed his niece as a smuggler. But someone knows, or suspects, that Jennifer has the jewels. As murder strikes Meadowbank, only Hercule Poirot can restore the peace A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls' school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, Hereditary Sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing experiment -- 'hospitals, schools, a Health Service' -- is coming to chaos, knows that he must prepare for the day of his exile. He asks his pilot and school friend, Bob Rawlinson, to care for a packet of jewels. Rawlinson does so, hiding them among the possessions of his niece, Jennifer Sutcliffe, who is bound for Meadowbank. Rawlinson is killed before he can reveal the hiding place, or even the fact that he has employed his niece as a smuggler. But someone knows, or suspects, that Jennifer has the jewels. As murder strikes Meadowbank, only Hercule Poirot can restore the peace Murder is part of the curriculum at an exclusive school for girls in Agatha Christie's Cat Among the Pigeons, as the intrepid Poirot sets out to bring a stealthy killer to justice . Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of an unpopular games mistress—shot through the heart point-blank. The school is thrown into chaos when the "cat" strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim.... Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls things like murder Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the cat strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirots help, she will be the next victim ABOUT two months earlier than the first day of the summer term at Meadowbank, certain events had taken place which were to have unexpected repercussions in that celebrated girls' school. Hercule Poirot investigates when an unsuspecting student becomes the target of a killer who is terrorizing a famous school for girls.