240 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 2015 by Thorpe.
Fearing for the security of his revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive, Sir Claud Amory requests the assistance of Hercule Poirot in transferring it safely to the Ministry of Defence. But when the formula disappears from its safe, Amory must change his plans. Locking his houseguests in the library, he informs them that the thief has precisely one minute of darkness in which to return the formula anonymously - or face the great detective even now on his way. The lights go off; by the time they come on again, Amory is dead in his arm-chair ...
My wife & I enjoyed this yesterday as an audiobook (from Hoopla). It was an entertaining and restful way to spend an almost lazy Sunday afternoon (fixing computers and preparing Christmas presents for our grandsons).
It was a typically good "Agatha Christie- Hercule Poirot" story, well read (performed).
Unlike most Christie books, the ending was telegraphed early on. (Probably because it was adapted from a play by Charles Osborne and not actually written by Christie herself.) However, it was still fun seeing how Poirot worked things out.
