Postern of Fate Author:Agatha Christie Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, the engaging detective duo of N OR M? and of BY THE PRICKLING OF MY THUMBS, return in their most chilling adventure. It begins with their discovery of an artfully hidden message: Mary Jordan did not die naturally. It was one of us. I think I know which one. — The schoolboy who made this accusation had died long a... more »go, but he and the mysterious Mary Jordan had once lived in the Beresfords' charming old house. And Mary had been killed. By whom and why? The solution to the ancient crime lay behind the Postern of Fate--a dread gate to violence and murder!
In private life Dame Agatha is the wife of Sir Max Mallowan, England's distinguished archeologist. The Mallowans reside in their home near Oxford and at Greenway House in Devonshire.« less