Agatha Christie was an English writer of crime and romantic novels. She is best remembered for her detective stories including the two diverse characters of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. She is considered to be the best selling writer of all time. In Peril at End House, retired detective Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the seeming murder attempts against Nick Buckley, the attractive young owner of a family mansion called End House. Nick's cousin Maggie Buckley is killed, presumably mistaken for Nick, and Poirot gets Nick to reveal that she's secretly engaged to airman Michael Seton and heir to a large fortune. After Nick becomes poisoned by chocolates laced with cocaine, Poirot eventually realizes that he's been mistaken all along. Nick was never the intended victim. She murdered Maggie to take her place as Seton's supposed fiancée and heir. Poirot's list of suspects includes Nick's cousin Charles Vyse, a lawyer, who would inherit End House, Nick's family home, and Nick's friend Frederica Rice, a drug user who would inherit the rest of Nick's possessions. However, Nick has nothing of value to leave, and the house is mortgaged. Poirot has an inspiration, though. He realizes from how Nick has acted that she is secretly engaged to the missing airman Michael Seton. Seton's rich uncle recently died, and Nick stands to inherit a fortune. Enjoy free online English audiobook “Peril at End House”, a novel by Agatha Christie.
