Crooked House

Crooked House

<p><strong>“Writing <em>Crooked House</em> was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best.” --Agatha Christie</strong></p><p><strong>Described by the queen of mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published work, <em>Crooked House</em> is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery.</strong></p><p>The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.</p><p>Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire’s granddaughter.</p>