Passenger to Frankfurt

When a bored diplomat is approached in a bleak airport by a woman whose life is in danger, he agrees in a moment of weakness to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line, for and he is caught in a web of international intrigue. To escape he must outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen, hell-bent on world domination.

Year: 1970
Location: Europe

Cast of characters

Lord Edward Altamount, Squadron Leader Andrews, Karl Arguileros, Clifford Bent, Admiral Philip Blunt, Jim Brewster, Lady Matilda Checkheaton, Gordon Chetwynd, Sam and Mildred Jean Cortman, Dr. Donaldson, Professor Eckstein, Professor Gottlieb, Monsieur le President Grosjean, Henry Horsham, Sir James Kleek, Cedric Lazenby, Amy Leatheran, Lisa Neumann, Sir Stafford Nye, Colonel Ephraim Pikeaway, Eric Pugh, Dr. Reichardt, Mr. Robinson, Robert Shoreham, Herr Heinrich Spiess, Signor Vitelli, the Grafin Charlotte Von Waldsausen, Countess Renata Zerkowski

Publishing history

Publishing: First published in 1970 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. The novel has not been adapted for stage or screen.

Notes and reviews

Published to coincide with her eightieth year, the book was, on publication, the largest printing ever of a first edition Christie: 58 000 copies which sold out quickly.

Murder methods:

One Gunshot.

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