Agatha Christie 1965 At Bertram's Hotel Book Club Edition

Description: At Bertram's Hotel. by Agatha Christie. First published in book form in the United States in 1966. Copyright 1965. Book club edition. 5 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches. 272 pages. Thanks to Chat by bing: Agatha Christie was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world’s longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952. Christie has been called the “Queen of Crime” and is considered one of the most successful and prolific writers of all time. At Bertram’s Hotel is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in 1965 1. The novel features Miss Marple, a detective, who takes a two-week holiday at Bertram’s Hotel in London. The hotel is known for its scrupulously authentic recreation of the Edwardian era, with the addition of modern conveniences . While taking tea with her friend Lady Selina Hazy, Miss Marple observes the other guests: famous adventuress Bess Sedgwick; her daughter, Elvira Blake with Elvira’s legal guardian Colonel Luscombe; clergyman Canon Pennyfather; and race car driver Ladislaus Malinowski. The novel revolves around Miss Marple’s investigation of a series of unsolved robberies that Chief Inspector Davy thinks may have some connection with the hotel . The plot thickens when Canon Pennyfather disturbs intruders in his bedroom and awakens four days later in a house far from London, near the location of a recent overnight robbery of the Irish Mail train.The novel has been praised for its hotel atmosphere, which is very well conveyed and used

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