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Ordeal by Innocence [Tv Tie-In] - by Agatha Christie (Paperback)

Ordeal by Innocence [Tv Tie-In] - by  Agatha Christie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Considered by critics as one of the best of Agatha Christie's later novels, and a personal favorite for Christie herself--<strong>now </strong><strong>a limited streaming series starring Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor!</strong><strong></strong></p><p>Accused of bludgeoning his mother to death with a poker, Jacko Argyle had maintained his innocence throughout his trial, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. The police were never able to locate this mystery man--until he shows up a year later. But Dr. Arthur Calgary arrives too late to substantiate Jacko's alibi. For after serving just six months of his life sentence, Jacko dies behind bars following a bout of pneumonia. </p><p>Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelations reopen old wounds in the family, leaving him to wonder if one of them is the real murderer.... <strong></strong></p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Considered by critics to be one of the best of Agatha Christie's later novels--and a personal favorite of Christie herself. Now a limited streaming series starring Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor!</strong></p><p>Accused of bludgeoning his mother to death with a poker, Jacko Argyle had maintained his innocence throughout his trial, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. The police were never able to locate this mystery man--until he shows up a year later. But Dr. Arthur Calgary arrives too late to substantiate Jacko's alibi. For after serving just six months of his life sentence, Jacko dies behind bars following a bout of pneumonia.</p><p>Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelations reopen old wounds in the family, leaving him to wonder if one of them is the real murderer. . . .</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Agatha Christie is grade A fun."--Phillip Margolin, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author<br><br>"Family tensions and suspicions are adroitly handled, and the solution is characteristically surprising."--<em>New York Times</em><br>

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