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Mrs. McGinty's Dead
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
Series: Hercule Poirot Mysteries
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In this exclusive authorised edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty's Dead presents a chilling tale where Mrs. McGinty dies from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion...
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In this exclusive authorised edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.
Mrs. McGinty's Dead presents a chilling tale where Mrs. McGinty dies from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn't seem like a murderer.
Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out...
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Mrs. McGinty's Dead
In this exclusive authorised edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty's Dead presents a chilling tale where Mrs. McGinty dies from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the...Paperback$4800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780062074089
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 March 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Collins
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 213g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
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