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    In the Cool of the Evening: A Short Story
    In the Cool of the Evening: A Short Story
    In the Cool of the Evening: A Short Story
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    In the Cool of the Evening: A Short Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    With Star Over Bethlehem, the beloved Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie shines in a totally unexpected way, offering readers a wondrous collection of poems and holiday short stories.

    A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you’ve never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a stranger. . . .

    From the most popular writer of all time comes a treasured collection of short stories and poems celebrating the holiday season.

    This special edition also contains a wealth of Agatha Christie rarities—not only all the stories, poems, and illustrations from her long out-of-print book Star over Bethlehem (1965) but also a reproduction of all her rare poetry from the two collections The Road of Dreams (1924) and Poems (1973).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateDec 10, 2013
    ISBN9780062303202
    In the Cool of the Evening: A Short Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the bestselling novelist of all time. The first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, she published eighty mystery novels and many short story collections and created such iconic fictional detectives as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. She is known around the world as the Queen of Crime.

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