The Christie Caper - Carolyn Hart [139]
POSTER 8
A bucket filled with water and bobbing apples.
POSTER 9
An elderly gentleman stands in the hotel lobby, staring in dismay at the Out-of-Order sign on the lift.
POSTER 10
Her elfin face twisted with jealous rage, the angry young woman yanks a pistol from her lap and shoots the athletic, blond man.
POSTER 11
Light from the fireplace flickers on the faces of the bridge players, intent upon their game, and on the Mephistophelian countenance of the man watching from his chair next to the fire.
POSTER 12
Clutching an oilskin packet, the young woman hurries toward the lifeboats as the Lusitania begins to sink.
POSTER 13
The hotel counter is not quite seedy, but certainly not posh. On a notice board, envelopes are pinned for hotel guests. One envelope is addressed to Miss Carnaby.
POSTER 14
The scene aboard the airliner is quite peaceful. Two passengers appear to sleep: a heavy-set middle-aged woman and a small man wrapped heavily in mufflers.
POSTER 15
The beautiful young woman has an air of quiet dignity and great despair as she stands before the judge.
POSTER 16
Uncertain of the proper demeanor when faced with tragedy, the fresh-faced young man in golf clothes kneels on the cliffside path beside the dying man.
POSTER 17
The old woman is definitely the center of the family group in the hotel lounge. The young people seem indistinct and bloodless in comparison to her monumental bulk and grotesque ugliness.
POSTER 18
The clear-eyed old lady sips a cup of tea and studies the occupants of the old-fashioned, luxurious hotel lounge. Muffins and seed cakes are on the plate before her.
POSTER 19
The elderly man in the white duck suit and panama hat reclines comfortably on the deck chair, watching the sunbathers with interest.
POSTER 20
The young woman’s body, dressed in a cheap white satin evening dress, looks completely out of place on the old bearskin hearth rug.
POSTER 21
The melange of objects seems to have no rhyme or reason: a cut-up rucksack, several electric light bulbs, a pair of flannel trousers, one woman’s evening shoe, a diamond ring, a bottle of green ink …
POSTER 22
The murder scene looks just like a stage setting: the lovely swimming pool, the dark blue water, and the blood from the dying man.
POSTER 23
A speeding car. An old woman staring up at it in horror. A cat with a bandaged ear.
POSTER 24
The old man next to the thornbush looks as though he’d seen a ghost as he stuffs a photograph back in his wallet.
POSTER 25
The dark, pretty girl hurries up the steep path on the limestone cliffs to a rock chamber near the tomb.
TREASURE HUNT TITLES
Murder at Hazelmoor, Poster 1, Clue 24.
Peril at End House, Poster 2, Clue 6.
The Moving Finger, Poster 3, Clue 4.
Funerals Are Fatal, Poster 4, Clue 11.
Cat Among the Pigeons, Poster 5, Clue 17.
A Murder Is Announced, Poster 6, Clue 16.
The Man in the Brown Suit, Poster 7, Clue 23.
Hallowe’en Party, Poster 8, Clue 3.
Towards Zero, Poster 9, Clue 14.
Death on the Nile, Poster 10, Clue 2.
Cards on the Table, Poster 11, Clue 18.
The Secret Adversary, Poster 12, Clue 8.
“The Nemean Lion,” Poster 13, Clue 25.
Death in the Air, Poster 14, Clue 20.
Sad Cypress, Poster 15, Clue 19.
The Boomerang Clue, Poster 16, Clue 22.
Appointment with Death, Poster 17, Clue 21.
At Bertram’s Hotel, Poster 18, Clue 5,
Evil Under the Sun, Poster 19, Clue 12.
The Body in the Library, Poster 20, Clue 15.
Hickory Dickory Death, Poster 21, Clue 13.
Murder After Hours, Poster 22, Clue 7.
Easy to Kill, Poster 23, Clue 9.
A Caribbean Mystery, Poster 24, Clue 1.
Death Comes as the End, Poster 25, Clue 10.
AUTHOR’S POSTSCRIPT
If The Christie Caper conveys to the readers even a particle of Agatha Christie’s brillance as a writer and charm as a person, I will have succeeded in my effort. I hope it will also excite readers’ interests in learning more about Christie. I would highly recommend the following titles:
Agatha Christie, An Autobiography,