The Witness for the Prosecution. Agatha Christie

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      ‘The Witness for the Prosecution’, ‘The Fourth Man’, ‘The Mystery of the Blue Jar’, ‘The Red Signal’, ‘S.O.S.’ and ‘Wireless’ previously published in the UK in The Hound of Death (1933).

      ‘Accident’, ‘Mr Eastwood’s Aventure’, ‘Philomel Cottage’ and ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ previously published in the UK in The Listerdale Mystery (1934).

      ‘The Second Gong’ previously published in the UK in Problem at Pollensa Bay (1991).

      ‘Poirot and the Regatta Mystery’ previously published in the UK in Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories (2008).

      Witness for the Prosecution®, Agatha Christie®, Poirot® and the Agatha Christie Signature are registered trade marks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere.

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      Cover photographs by Todd Anthony (Kim Cattrall) and Robert Viglasky © Agatha Christie Productions and Mammoth Screen 2016

      From the major BBC series The Witness for the Prosecution starring Kim Cattrall, Billy Howle, Toby Jones and Andrea Riseborough

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008201258

      Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780008201265

      Version: 2020-01-23

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

1. The Witness for the Prosecution

2. Accident

       3. The Fourth Man

       4. The Mystery of the Blue Jar

       5. Mr Eastwood’s Adventure

       6. Philomel Cottage

       7. The Red Signal

       8. The Second Gong

       9. Sing a Song of Sixpence

       10. S.O.S.

       11. Wireless

       12. Poirot and the Regatta Mystery

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