Subsequent Wickedness
Drive me somewhere in the car. Down to the docks. Somewhere horrible and exciting. Wait a minute….” She reaced up an unclasped the diamonds from around her neck. “You’d better take these again. I don’t want to be murdered for them!”
“…You know the rules? Burglary to be carried out within three days and the loot to be worn for at least an hour in a public place……”
Noreen rose suddenly, her gown swirling to her heels, the diamonds encircling her neck and swaying from her ears rippled into blazing life. She pulled her wonderfully embroidered shawl round her, looking hungrily into his eyes. “Drive me somewhere in the car. Down to the docks. Somewhere horrible and exciting. Wait a minute….” She reached up an unclasped the diamonds from around her neck. “You’d better take these again. I don’t want to be murdered for them!”
,,,,,from The Manhood of Edward Robinson
A butler who isn’t a butler…. A duchess who isn’t a duchess…A madman who isn’t a madman….. A corpse that is not a corpse...A thief who isn’t a thief…..Agatha Christie turns her talents to mischief, mayhem, and murder. Her gallery of rogues, rascals, and evildoers don the most outlandish disguises in this outstanding collection of clever crimes and ingenious intrigue.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
3.68 • rating details • 685 ratings • 48 reviews
Is it a gesture of good will or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, and unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Crime takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1971[1][2] in an edition priced at $5.95[2]. It contains fifteen short stories.
Containing Thirteen of the famous mystery writer's earliest short works including the lighthearted and suspenseful ""The Listerdale Mystery,"" the supernatural ""The Hound of Death,"" and the romantic ""Magnolia Blossom.""
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The Listerdale Mystery
The Girl in the Train
The Manhood of Edward Robinson
Jane in Search of a Job
A Fruitful Sunday
The Golden Ball
The Rajah's Emerald
Swan Song
The Hound of Death
The Gypsy
The Lamp
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
The Call of Wings
Magnolia Blossom
Next to a Dog
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Drive me somewhere in the car. Down to the docks. Somewhere horrible and exciting. Wait a minute….” She reaced up an unclasped the diamonds from around her neck. “You’d better take these again. I don’t want to be murdered for them!”
“…You know the rules? Burglary to be carried out within three days and the loot to be worn for at least an hour in a public place……”
Noreen rose suddenly, her gown swirling to her heels, the diamonds encircling her neck and swaying from her ears rippled into blazing life. She pulled her wonderfully embroidered shawl round her, looking hungrily into his eyes. “Drive me somewhere in the car. Down to the docks. Somewhere horrible and exciting. Wait a minute….” She reached up an unclasped the diamonds from around her neck. “You’d better take these again. I don’t want to be murdered for them!”
,,,,,from The Manhood of Edward Robinson
A butler who isn’t a butler…. A duchess who isn’t a duchess…A madman who isn’t a madman….. A corpse that is not a corpse...A thief who isn’t a thief…..Agatha Christie turns her talents to mischief, mayhem, and murder. Her gallery of rogues, rascals, and evildoers don the most outlandish disguises in this outstanding collection of clever crimes and ingenious intrigue.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie
3.68 • rating details • 685 ratings • 48 reviews
Is it a gesture of good will or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, and unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Crime takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.
The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1971[1][2] in an edition priced at $5.95[2]. It contains fifteen short stories.
Containing Thirteen of the famous mystery writer's earliest short works including the lighthearted and suspenseful ""The Listerdale Mystery,"" the supernatural ""The Hound of Death,"" and the romantic ""Magnolia Blossom.""
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The Listerdale Mystery
The Girl in the Train
The Manhood of Edward Robinson
Jane in Search of a Job
A Fruitful Sunday
The Golden Ball
The Rajah's Emerald
Swan Song
The Hound of Death
The Gypsy
The Lamp
The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
The Call of Wings
Magnolia Blossom
Next to a Dog
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