![]() ![]() Agatha Christie herself deemed it one of her favourite novels. Recently adapted for television by French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner, since its publication Christie’s tale of family intrigue has captured the imagination of multiple generations of readers, most blindsided by the author’s typical sleight of hand. ![]() But even with help from the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard – a man who just happens to be Charles’s father – will he be able to avoid the red herrings that fall his way?Ī typically brilliant assembly of characters will keep the reader guessing until Agatha Christie’s masterful dénouement in the pages of Crooked House. The death of wealthy family patriarch and entrepreneur Aristide Leonides leads Charles Hayward, fiancé to Leonides’ granddaughter Sophia, into investigating the truth behind his demise. Infinite suspense and shocking surprise finish make up for slight looseness of texture.’ - Maurice Richardson, The Observer, 1949 In Agatha Christie’s twisted tale, the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a wealthy patriarch is investigated by spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward (Max Irons). The novel has two killers: Josephine Leonides and Edith de. A brand new adaptation of Agatha Christies Crooked House created by Sony Pictures. ‘Poisoning of aged iniquitous anglicised Levantine millionaire. Dame Agatha Christies Crooked House is one of her many works featuring a murder mystery. ![]()
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