Mr. Harley Quin turns up mysteriously at a house party. It's dark and cold, with snow drifts everywhere, when Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall stating that his car has broken down. There he helps Mr Satterthwaite clear up the mystery of a death which took place ten years before but continues to haunt some of those present.
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The Sign in the Sky
Mr Satterthwaite attends the trial of young Martin Wylde accused of murder. Shortly after the guilty verdict is returned, Satterthwaite runs into his mysterious friend Harley Quin. Can they prove Wylde’s innocence or did he really kill the beautiful Vivien Barnaby? In this story he has to travel all the way to Banff in Canada to solve the mystery.
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At the Bells and Motley
A man disappeared from a house in the village of Kirklington Mallet, leaving his wife and all their possessions. Satterthwaite and Quin talk through the details of the mystery and finally see it for what it was.
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The Golden Ball
George Dundas is sacked from his job for being a wastrel but he soon receives a golden opportunity. Will he waste it or grasp it?
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Sing a Song of Sixpence
Sir Edward Palliser, a retired barrister, once made a promise to a young girl and travelling companion that she could always come to him whenever she needed help. Ten years later she calls on him. Sir Edward is reluctant but a promise is a promise. Family truths come to light as he begins to pull together the clues, where the police could find no supporting evidence.
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages.