After the Funeral

Agatha Christie

eBook - 2005

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister, in this classic Agatha Christie mystery now available in an updated edition with a foreword Sophie Hannah. "He was murdered, wasn't he?"When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. But he was murdered, wasn't he?"Did Cora's accusation a dark truth that sealed her own fate? Or are the siblings' deaths just tragic coincidences?Desperate to know the truth, the Lansquenet&#...039;s solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery. For even after the funeral, death isn't finished yet . . . more