By Agatha Christie
The Queen of poser has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the stated mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth pass over Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and such a lot of different unforgettable characters—brings her whole oeuvre of creative whodunits, locked room mysteries, and puzzling puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, the intrepid Poirot appears into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.
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To not Bert, I couldn’t. despite the fact that may well i am going to Bert? It’d be in all places. ” Mrs. Sweetiman acknowledged fairly hesitantly: “There’s that international gentleman—” “Not a foreigner, I couldn’t. no longer a foreigner. ” “No, probably you’re correct there. ” A automobile drew up outdoor the put up workplace with a squealing of brakes. Mrs. Sweetiman’s face lit up. “That’s significant Summerhayes, that's. You inform all of it to him and he’ll recommend you what to do. ” “I couldn’t ever,” acknowledged Edna, yet with much less conviction. Johnnie Summerhayes got here into the publish workplace, surprising below the load of 3 cardboard containers. “Good morning, Mrs. Sweetiman,” he acknowledged cheerfully. “Hope those aren’t obese? ” Mrs. Sweetiman attended to the parcels in her professional ability. As Summerhayes used to be licking the stamps, she spoke. “Excuse me, sir, I’d like your suggestion approximately whatever. ” “Yes, Mrs. Sweetiman? ” “Seeing as you belong right here, sir, and may recognize top what to do. ” Summerhayes nodded. He used to be regularly interestingly touched via the lingering feudal spirit of English villages. The villagers knew little of him in my opinion, yet simply because his father and his grandfather and lots of great-great-grandfathers had lived at lengthy Meadows, they appeared it as ordinary that he may still propose and direct them while requested so that you could do. “It’s approximately Edna here,” acknowledged Mrs. Sweetiman. Edna sniffed. Johnnie Summerhayes checked out Edna doubtfully. by no means, he idea, had he noticeable a extra unprepossessing woman. precisely like a skinned rabbit. appeared half-witted too. absolutely she couldn’t be in what used to be recognized formally as “trouble. ” yet no, Mrs. Sweetiman wouldn't have come to him for recommendation if that's the case. “Well,” he stated kindly, “what’s the trouble? ” “It’s in regards to the homicide, sir. The evening of the homicide. Edna observed whatever. ” Johnnie Summerhayes transferred his quickly darkish gaze from Edna to Mrs. Sweetiman and again back to Edna. “What did you notice, Edna? ” he acknowledged. Edna started to sob. Mrs. Sweetiman took over. “Of path we’ve been listening to this and that. Some’s hearsay and some’s actual. yet it’s stated convinced as that there have been a woman there that evening who drank espresso with Mrs. Upward. That’s so, isn’t it, sir? ” “Yes, i feel so. ” “I be aware of as that’s real, simply because we had it from Bert Hayling. ” Albert Hayling was once the neighborhood constable whom Summerhayes knew good. A slow-speaking guy with a feeling of his personal value. “I see,” acknowledged Summerhayes. “But they don’t recognize, do they, who the woman is? good, Edna right here observed her. ” Johnnie Summerhayes checked out Edna. He pursed his lips as if to whistle. “You observed her, did you, Edna? Going in—or popping out? ” “Going in,” acknowledged Edna. A faint feel of significance loosened her tongue. “Across the line i used to be, lower than the timber. simply by the flip of the lane the place it’s darkish. I observed her. She went in on the gate and as much as the door and he or she stood there a piece, and then—and then she went in. ” Johnnie Summerhayes’ forehead cleared. “That’s all right,” he stated. “It used to be omit Henderson. The police be aware of all approximately that. She went and advised them. ” Edna shook her head. “It wasn’t omit Henderson,” she stated.