Minuit, un coup de feu retentit dans la grande maison isolee des Warwick. Michael Starkwedder, perdu dans le brouillard, entre pour demander de l'aide et tombe sur une scene de crime, cadavre et assassin cote-a-cote. L'affaire semble entendue mais les apparences sont parfois trompeuses. Alors que la police enquete, tous les habitants de la maison, gouvernante, majordome et membres de la famille, se confient a ce visiteur inattendu...Le Visiteur inattendu, une piece representee plus de six cents fois, fut transposee de la scene au roman par Charles Osborne, fin connaisseur de la reine du crime. Comme toujours cette derniere nous regale, melant avec brio suspens haletant et humour noir.Traduction revisee de Pascal Aubin

Le visiteur inattendu

A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie - revised and updated edition

 Agatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded. Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her motivations or the reasons for her popularity, have usually failed. Charles Osborne, a lifelong student of Agatha Christie, has approached this most private of persons above all through her books, and the result is a fascinating companion to her life and work.

 This 'professional life' of Agatha Christie provides authoritative information on each book's provenance, on the work itself and on its contemporary critical reception set against the background of the major events in the author's life. Illustrated with many rare photographs, this comprehensive guide to the world of Agatha Christie has been fully updated to include details of all the publications, films and TV adaptations in the 25 years since her death.

 Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie (Text Only)

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time with her works outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She is regarded by generations of fans as the greatest mystery writer ever, and her novels are read and cherished the world over.A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy estate in Wales. This mystery opens as a stranger walks away from his ditched car toward a country manor to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. The unexpected guest decides to help her and blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously and a pandora's box of loves and hates, suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air.Originally written by Agatha Christie as a play in 1954, now rendered as a novel by Charles Osborne, The Unexpected Guest is a compelling tale of murder and deceit sure to entertain and amuse fans of Christie worldwide.

Au moment où Hercule Poirot s'apprête à déguster son chocolat chaud, un savant atomiste l'appelle à la rescousse...
Black Coffe est la première pièce de théâtre d'Agatha Christie. Charles Osborne en a tiré un roman digne de la reine du crime : plein de mystère et d'un humour très british !

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