Books like The Hound of Death [short story] by Agatha Christie
First publish date: 1968
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Agatha Christie
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The illustrations are by a now somewhat famous illustrator who has a museum of his works that is active.
Editor's note: The copy held by Open Library is missing two of the most significant pages in the book, 268 and 269. This is true in both the PDF as well as the E-Pub version. But there's enough information surrounding the missing pages to be able to fill in the blanks. A highly recommended read!
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