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They Came to Baghdad - by Agatha Christie (Paperback)

They Came to Baghdad - by  Agatha Christie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In her classic They Came to Baghdad, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>In Agatha Christie's classic crime adventure novel, <em>They Came to Baghdad</em>, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.</strong><strong></strong></p><p>A secret superpower summit is being held in Baghdad, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.</p><p>Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.</p><p>The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge. . . . </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Baghdad is holding a secret superpower summit, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks. </p><p>Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.</p><p>The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge....</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The action is rapid....The characters are astonishingly real."--<em>New Yorker</em><br><br>"Time and again Agatha Christie pulled off what many obviously greater writers labored for in vain, a work of art which is both perfectly crafted and morally satisfying."--A. N. Wilson<br><br>"A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, just like those of her creator, never fail her."--Times Literary Supplement (London)<br>

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