Postern of Fate (Tommy & Tuppence Chronology) [Paperback]

‘The Beresfords are wonderfully revived. Smooth, beautifully paced, and effortlessly convincing.’
New York Times

‘Past and present interlock impressively… this is a genuine tour de force.’
Observer

'The Beresfords are wonderfully revived. Smooth, beautifully paced, and effortlessly convincing.' New York Times 'Past and present interlock impressively! this is a genuine tour de force.' Observer

A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all…

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.

However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message:
M a r y – J o r d a n – d i d – n o t – d i e – n a t u r a l l y…
And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill…

When Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move to a quiet English village, they were looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discovered, their rambling old house held both secrets and dangers. Who was Mary Jordan? Why had someone left a coded message in an old book saying that she 'did not die naturally'? And what was the significance of 'Oxford' and 'Cambridge'? Once more, ingenuity and insight are called for as the pair, along with Hannibal the dog, are drawn into old mysteries and new dangers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'POSTERN OF FATE'

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of 'The Black Arrow', Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.

However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y – J o r d a n – d i d – n o t – d i e – n a t u r a l l y. And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill…

"Past and present interlock impressively… this is a genuine 'tour de force'." OBSERVER

"The Beresfords are wonderfully revived. Smooth, beautifully paced, and effortlessly convincing." NEW YORK TIMES

--This text refers to the Unknown Binding edition.

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.