The Listerdale Mystery [short story]

by Agatha Christie

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A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. After Mr St Vincent's death, his family are plunged into poverty. Living in reduced circumstances their lives change when they find an elegant town house with staff, for a suspiciously cheap rent. Why would Lord Listerdale rent his home out for such a low price and why are the staff so accommodating?… (more)

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Fraser, Hugh	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories by Agatha Christie

The Listerdale Mystery [and] The Clocks by Agatha Christie (indirect)

Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Listerdale Mystery / The Murder at the Vicarage / The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie (indirect)

Um Crime no Expresso do Oriente + O Mistério de Listerdale by Agatha Christie (indirect)

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? / The Listerdale Mystery / Curtain by Agatha Christie (indirect)

Partners in Crime [and] The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie (indirect)

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El misterioso caso de Styles ; Los cuatro grandes ; El templete de Nasse House ; El misterio de Pale Horse ; El misterio de Listerdale by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown by Agatha Christie

The Listerdale Mystery / Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

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The Listerdale Mystery [short story]

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1925-12

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A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. After Mr St Vincent's death, his family are plunged into poverty. Living in reduced circumstances their lives change when they find an elegant town house with staff, for a suspiciously cheap rent. Why would Lord Listerdale rent his home out for such a low price and why are the staff so accommodating?

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