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Black Coffee

Agatha Christie was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies. Christie's writing career began during the war after she was challenged by her sister to write a detective story. Christie wrote more Poirot stories than any of the others, even though she thought the character to be "rather insufferable". Black Coffee is a novelisation by the Australian-born writer and opera expert Charles Osborne of the 1930 play of the same name. Hercule Poirot is invited by Sir Claude Armory, a famous scientist, for a weekend at Sir Claude’s home Abbot’s Cleve. Not for merely an after-dinner party, but the detective is to be trusted with a secret explosive formula. Moments before Poirot arrives, however, it has gone. The fifty-thousand pounds worth a piece of paper has been taken from Sir Claude’s safe. Of all the people who live in the house, who could have stolen it? Sir Claude’s Italian daughter-in-law Lucia? Her husband, his only son, who is on the dole? Tredwell, the long-standing butler? Or Dr Carelli, who has turned up at the dinner? After dinner, Sir Claude announces everyone to stay. ‘It is now ten minutes to nine. At a few minutes past nine, the rat-catcher will arrive.’ At nine o’clock, as per his instruction to Tredwell, the light goes out. When it comes on, the scientist is found dead in his chair… Enjoy free online English audiobook “Black Coffee”, a novel by Agatha Christie.