Ordeal by Innocence Contributor(s): Christie, Agatha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062879685 ISBN-13: 9780062879684 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 650 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 8887 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Considered by critics as one of the best of Agatha Christie's later novels, and a personal favorite for Christie herself--now a limited streaming series starring Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor Accused of bludgeoning his mother to death with a poker, Jacko Argyle had maintained his innocence throughout his trial, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. The police were never able to locate this mystery man--until he shows up a year later. But Dr. Arthur Calgary arrives too late to substantiate Jacko's alibi. For after serving just six months of his life sentence, Jacko dies behind bars following a bout of pneumonia. Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelations reopen old wounds in the family, leaving him to wonder if one of them is the real murderer....
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Contributor Bio(s): Christie, Agatha: - Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades. |