The Clocks

The ClocksTime is ticking away for a murderer in Agatha Christie's classic, The Clocks, as Hercule Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman's house. Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent not the body of a middle aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning all

Time is ticking away for a murderer in Agatha Christie's classic, The Clocks, as Hercule Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman's house.

Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent--not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning all the clocks that surround the body, it's clear that they are going to need a very good detective.

"This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple," declares Poirot. But there's a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away....

--James Grippando, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Swyteck Novels

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 06/14/2011
ISBN: 9780062073815
Pages: 297
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.13h x 5.30w x 1.06d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8859 / Clocks
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12