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While the Light Lasts
Agatha Christie

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While the Light Lasts

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Tags: Mystery, Lang:en

Summary

A brand new collection of nine previously unpublished stories by the Queen of Crime.

The book of lost Agatha Christie stories written for 1920s magazines contains seven new stories which have never been published anywhere in the world since their original appearances, plus early versions of two Poirot stories which she later reworked for book publication.

The House of Dreams
The first story Agatha Christie ever wrote (during the First World War) and recounts the effects of a macabre recurring dream on a man's life.

The Actress (A Trap for the Unwary)
A woman who turns the tables on her blackmailer.

The Edge
A gripping tale of jealousy qnd infidelity.

Christmas Adventure (The Theft of the Royal Ruby) [Hercule Poirot 28]

The Lonely God
An unlikely love story about two lost souls who meet in The British Museum.

Manx Gold
Commissioned from Christie for a real-life treasure hunt on the Isle of Man in 1930, two young heroes race against time to discover buried treasure.

Within a Wall
A tragic love triangle between a portrait painter, his wife and his daughter's Godmother.

The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
[Hercule Poirot 37]

While the Light Lasts
A Rhodesian tobacco plantation is the setting for an unexpected visitor from beyond the grave.