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Название: The Unexpected Guest

Автор: Agatha Christie

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Ужасы и Мистика

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isbn: 9780007423033

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      Agatha Christie

      The Unexpected Guest

      Novelised by Charles Osborne

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      Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by

      Collins 1999

      Copyright © 1999 Agatha Christie Ltd.

      All rights reserved.

       www.agathachristie.com

      The moral right of the author is asserted

      All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks.

      Epub Edition 2010 ISBN: 9780007423033

      Version: 2020-01-28

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Chapter 1

      It was shortly before midnight on a chilly November evening,…

      Chapter 2

      ‘By all means,’ the man replied. He ran a hand…

      Chapter 3

      Starkwedder looked at her with a somewhat bemused expression. ‘Well?’…

      Chapter 4

      Starkwedder stared at Laura. ‘Richard ran over a child?’ he…

      Chapter 5

      After closing the door behind Laura, Starkwedder paused, working out…

      Chapter 6

      At eleven the following morning, Richard Warwick’s study looked somewhat more…

      Chapter 7

      The inspector thrust Cadwallader’s notebook back at him roughly, as…

      Chapter 8

      Sergeant Cadwallader closed the door and stood with his back…

      Chapter 9

      Just then, Sergeant Cadwallader ushered in Jan, who rushed up…

      Chapter 10

      Crossing the front hall, Miss Bennett paused to admit Starkwedder…

      Chapter 11

      There was an awkward pause after the police officers had…

      Chapter 12

      Later that day, towards the end of the afternoon, Julian…

      Chapter 13

      ‘I’m sorry I’ve kept you waiting, Julian,’ Laura called as…

      Chapter 14

      Julian Farrar and Laura ran towards the house, almost colliding…

      Chapter 15

      A shocked silence greeted Inspector Thomas’s announcement. Then, hesitantly and,…

      Chapter 16

      Starkwedder and Inspector Thomas faced each other in silence for…

      Chapter 17

      Mrs Warwick was silent for a few moments. Then she said…

      Chapter 18

      Starkwedder looked at Miss Bennett and smiled. ‘You’re pretty sharp, aren’t…

      Chapter 19

      Miss Bennett beckoned to Jan, then stepped back into the room…

      Chapter 20

      ‘After him! Quickly!’ the inspector shouted to Cadwallader as they…

      Chapter 21

      Sergeant Cadwallader’s announcement was greeted with a stunned silence. Laura…

      Postscript

      The Unexpected Guest

       Keep Reading …

      About the Author

      Other Books by Agatha Christie

      About the Publisher

      Chapter 1

      It was shortly before midnight on a chilly November evening, and swirls of mist obscured parts of the dark, narrow, tree-lined country road in South Wales, not far from the Bristol Channel whence a foghorn sounded its melancholy boom automatically every few moments. Occasionally, the distant barking of a dog could be heard, and the melancholy call of a night-bird. What few houses there were along the road, which was little better than a lane, were about a half-mile apart. On one of its darkest stretches the road turned, passing a handsome, three-storey house standing well back from its spacious garden, and it was at this spot that a car sat, its front wheels caught in the ditch at the side of the road. After two or three attempts to accelerate out of the ditch, the driver of the car must have decided it was no use persevering, and the engine fell silent.

      A minute or two passed before the driver emerged from the vehicle, slamming the door behind him. He was a somewhat thick-set, sandy-haired man of about thirty-five, with an outdoor look about him, dressed in a rough tweed suit and dark overcoat and wearing a hat. Using СКАЧАТЬ