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Loading... La mort n'est pas une finby Agatha Christie
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0061003689, Mass Market Paperback)Agatha Christie's genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart -- or the dark passions that can stop it-better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime. Death Comes as the End Newly widowed Renisenb comes to her father's house, and atfirst it seems as if she's never been away. But sudden death iswaiting to strike someone in the landowner's large household.An exciting -- and unusual -- mystery set in ancient Egypt Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312981619, Mass Market Paperback)In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives... Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553350137, Hardcover)It is 2000 B.C. in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful young concubine Nofret. However not all the members of his family welcome her and when she is found dead it is Imhotep’s daughter Renisenb who suspects it might not have been an accident. This death unleashes the greed and hate that have been building up within the family and the horrific events that follow tear it apart. With few allies she can confide in, even Renisenb has to constantly look over her shoulder. (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:13:16 -0400) |
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