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Crooked House

Three generations of the Leonides family live together in a large, if somewhat crooked looking, house. Then the wealthy patriarch of the household, Aristide, is murdered. Suspicion falls on the whole household, including Aristide’s two sons, his widow – fifty years his junior – and even his three grandchildren. Could any member of this seemingly devoted family have had a hand in his death? Can Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire’s granddaughter, help the police find the killer and clear his loved one's name?
Year: 1949
Location: In a country house

Cast of characters

Mr. Agrodopolous, Lawrence Brown, Miss Edith De Haviland, Mr. Gaitskill, Dr. Gray, Assistant Commissioner Sir Arthur Hayward, Charles Hayward, Mr. Johnson, Detective Sergeant Lamb, The Leonides family: Aristide, Brenda, Clemency, Eustace, Josephine, Magda, Philip, Roger, Sophia, Janet (Nannie) Rowe, Chief Inspector Tavener, Magda West, Janet Woolmar

Publishing history

Publishing: The novel was first published by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, in 1949 and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. The novel has not been adapted for stage or screen.

Notes and reviews

"Of my detective books, I think that the two that satisfy me best are Crooked House and Ordeal by Innocence." - Agatha Chrisite, An Autobiography, 1977.

Murder methods:

Two Poisonings.

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