The Clocks: A Hercule Poirot Novel

The Queen of Mystery has come to HarperCollins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense-creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters-brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to audio. Time is ticking away for a murderer in Christie's classic, The Clocks, as Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman's house.Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent-not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place or of owning all the clocks that surround the body, it's clear that they are going to need a very good detective."This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple," declares Hercule Poirot. But there's a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away..