Berkley books by Agatha Christie APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH THE BIG FOUR THE ...

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Berkley books by Agatha Christie
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
THE BIG FOUR
THE BOOMERANG CLUE
CARDS ON THE TABLE
DEAD MAN’S MIRROR
DEATH IN THE AIR
DOUBLE SIN AND OTHER STORIES
ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER
THE GOLDEN BALL AND OTHER STORIES
THE HOLLOW
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THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT J|^%?
THE MOVING FINGER S^Sf^/i MISS MARPLE: THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES ^ t
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MR. BARKER PYNE, DETECTIVE ^"Sife S
THE MURDER AT HAZELMOOR I THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA
MURDER IN RETROSPECT
MURDER IN THREE ACTS
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS
THE MYSTERIOUS MR. QUIN
NORM?
PARTNERS IN CRIME
THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS
POIROT LOSES A CLIENT
THE REGATTA MYSTERY AND OTHER STORIES
SAD CYPRESS
THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS
THERE IS A TIDE...
THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
THIRTEEN AT DINNER
THREE BUND MICE AND OTHER STORIES
THE TUESDAY CLUB MURDERS
THE UNDER DOG AND OTHER STORIES
THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION AND OTHER STORIES
AGATHA
CHR^IE
DEATH IN THE AIR
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Rough Plan of Rear Car "Prometheus"
Gangway Between Seats

2. Madame Giselle
4. Mr. Ryder
5. M. Armand Dupont
6. M. Jean Dupont 8. Mr. Clancy
9. M. Hercule Poirot
10. Dr. Bryant
12. Mr. Norman Gale
13. The Countess of Horbury
16. Miss Jane Grey

17. The Hon. Venetia Ken- All the seats face the front of the plane with the exception of
Seats 16, 15, 18. and 17. They face the tail
of the plane.
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The September sun beat down hotly on Le Bourget aerodrome
as the passengers crossed the ground and climbed
into the air liner "Prometheus," due to depart for Croydon
in a few minutes’ time.
Jane Grey was among the last to enter and take her seat,
No. 16. Some of the passengers had already passed on
through the center door past the tiny pantry kitchen and the
two wash rooms to the front car. Most people were already
seated. On the opposite side of the gangway there was a
good deal of chatter--a rather shrill, high-pitched woman’s
voice dominating it. Jane’s lips twisted slightly. She knew
that particular type of voice so well.
"My dear, it’s extraordinary--no idea.... Where do you
say?... Juan les Pins?... Oh, yes.... No, Le Pinet.
... Yes, just the same old crowd.... But of course let’s sit
together.... Oh, can’t we?... Who?... Oh, I see."
And then a man’s voice, foreign, polite:
"With the greatest of pleasure, madame."
Jane stole a glance out of the corner of her eye.
A little elderly man with large mustaches and an eggshaped
head was politely moving himself and his belongings
from the seat corresponding to Jane’s on the opposite side
of the gangway.
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