

<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US">The master of a Victorian
mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora
is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she 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?’ In
desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the
mystery.</span></strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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font-weight:normal" lang="EN-US"> was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon, in the
southwest part of England. She was a mystery writer who was one of the world^s
top-selling authors with works like ^Murder on the Orient Express^ and ^The
Mystery of the Blue Train.^ She published her first book, The Mysterious Affair
at Styles, in 1920; the story focused on the murder of a rich heiress and
introduced readers to one of Christie^s most famous characters—Belgian
detective Hercule Poirot. In 1974, she made her last public appearance on the
opening night of the play version of Murder on the Orient Express. She died on
January 12, 1976.</span></strong></p>

