All of the family, mostly living their lives like hothouse plants under his patronage, will be provided for.īut when the expected will surfaces, it is unsigned. The 85-year-old patriarch Aristide Leonides goes to his death a bit prematurely, but no one is worried about the will. In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.Īnd if you know your Christie, there’s a good chance of poison – in this case, the victim’s own eye drops substituted for his insulin injection. And the estate is filled with priceless antiques, dark passageways, dusty attics, secret letters, seething passion, and of course, a corpse or two.
“Well, there’s always a second murder.” Josephine LeonidesĬlassic Agatha Christie: A magnificent mansion sheltering a dysfunctional family as neurotic as they are rich.
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