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Product Description Nine previously uncollected gems from the queen of mystery are available for the first time in North America in this collection. In The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer; in The Edge, a woman must decide whether to follow her heart or her conscience; and in The Harlequin Tea Set, Mr. Harley Quinn, another of Christie's famed detectives, helps a man save his loved ones from the greedy hands of a murderer. Six other stories about the darker side of human nature complete the collection. About the Author Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades. Twenty-four of Christie's best whodunits are now available from Black Dog & Leventhal as part of their bestselling hardcover Agatha Christie Collection.