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Black coffee

Hercule Poirot is summoned to Surrey by England's most prominent physicist, Sir Claud Amory. Amory fears that someone in his household is attempting to steal his latest discovery, a formula critical to England's defense. Poirot, with Captain Hastings at his side, rushes to Surrey but arrives too late. Amory has died - his formula missing.

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  • "Hercule Poirot is summoned to Surrey by England's most prominent physicist, Sir Claud Amory. Amory fears that someone in his household is attempting to steal his latest discovery, a formula critical to England's defense. Poirot, with Captain Hastings at his side, rushes to Surrey but arrives too late. Amory has died - his formula missing."@en
  • "An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee ..."@en
  • "Black Coffee is an Agatha Christie play recrafted by Christie biographer Charles Osborne as a book meant to be read rather than seen on the stage. The story was first produced in 1930. Christie loyalists will welcome and applaud his dedication to the original. It's a classic "someone in this room is the murderer" tale. Scientist Sir Claud Amory invites Hercule Poirot to his estate to collect a formula for a new atomic explosive. Prior to Poirot's arrival, Sir Claud discovers the formula is missing from his safe."@en
  • "A prominent physicist believes someone in his household is trying to steal his formula. Poirot arrives and the physicist is dead and the formula is missing."@en
  • "Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, however, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot--with assistance from Hastings and Inspector Japp--has to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe."@en

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

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  • "Black coffee"@en
  • "Black coffee"
  • "Black coffee [a stage play adapted by Charles Osborne]"@en
  • "Black coffee, Agatha Christie"
  • "Black Coffee"
  • "Black coffee a Hercule Poirot novel"@en

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