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Crooked house

Sophia Leonides and Charles Hayward fall in love in Egypt during World War II, and vow to meet up again in England. After the war ends, Charles fears their reunion may be interrupted when he sees an obituary for Sophia's grandfather, Aristide, in the newspaper. The death turns out to be anything but ordinary--the rich old man's demise is mired in mysterious circumstances.

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  • "Sophia Leonides and Charles Hayward fall in love in Egypt during World War II, and vow to meet up again in England. After the war ends, Charles fears their reunion may be interrupted when he sees an obituary for Sophia's grandfather, Aristide, in the newspaper. The death turns out to be anything but ordinary--the rich old man's demise is mired in mysterious circumstances."@en
  • "Aristide Leonides, though enormously wealthy was no more crooked than anyone else who amasses great wealth. He had a crooked house where he lived with his family. Then he was murdered and it seems that he was murdered by one of his family."@en
  • "The Leonides family live together in a large and crooked house in a wealthy London suburb. When the elderly millionaire Aristide Leonides is murdered with a fatal injection, the family reluctantly suspect his glamorous, young second wife. Charles Hayward, who is engaged to the late millionaire's granddaughter, observes the family closely and makes a terrible and shocking discovery."
  • "Only an insider could have poisoned the elderly Greek patriarch that ruled Three Gables--particularly since the old man had supplied the blueprint for the murder."@en
  • "Criminologist Charles Hayward becomes a special assistant to Scotland Yard when his fiancée's grandfather is murdered, and her entire family comes under suspicion."
  • "Extraordinary mystery author Agatha Christie does not disappoint with this haunting tale of the Crooked House. In Swinly Dean, at the half-timbered mansion called Three Gables, the affluent Aristide Leonides is dead from an overdose of barbiturates. Is Aristide the victim of an unfortunate accident or is a member of his own family a murderer?"@en
  • "Sophia Leonides and Charles Hayward fall in love in Egypt during World War II, and vow to meet up again in England. When Sofia's grandfather is found dead it is up to Charles and his father, a Scotland Yard commissioner, to find out if he was murdered or not."
  • "The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter."@en
  • "With World War II at an end, Charles Hayward is finally free to marry the woman he loves, Sophia Leonides. However, she refuses - the unexplained death of her grandfather, wealthy businessman Aristide Leonides, draws her back to the suffocating environment of her family home.Charles follows, but his arrival coincides with the discovery that Aristide's death was murder. The ensuing investigation drags Charles into the dark heart of the family, and its deadly secrets and dangers..."
  • "Sophia Leonides and Charles Hayward fall in love in Egypt during World War II, and vow to meet up again in England. When Sofia's grandfather is found dead it is up to Charles and his father, a Scotland Yard commissioner, to find out if he was murdered or not."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"

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  • "Crooked house [Talking book]"
  • "Crooked house [sound recording]"
  • "Crooked house"
  • "Crooked house"@en

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