Postern of Fate

When Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move to a quiet English village, they are looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discover, their rambling old house holds dark secrets. Who is Mary Jordan? And why has someone left a code message in an old book about her 'unnatural' death? Once more, the couple's ingenuity and insight are called for as they are drawn into old mysteries and new dangers.

Year: 1973
Detective: Tommy & Tuppence
Location: England

Cast of characters

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Also: Andrew, Colonel Atkinson, Albert Batt, Deborah Beresford, Henry and Isaac Bodlicott, Miss Collodon, Angus Crispin, Mr. Durrance, Miss Griffin, Gwenda, Janet, Mary Jordan, Miss Iris Mullins, Inspector Norris, Alexander Parkinson, Colonel Ephraim Pikeaway, Mr. Robinson, Rosalie

Publishing history

Publishing: The novel was published in 1973 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

This is the the last novel written by Agatha Christie. Colonel Pikeaway and Mr Robinson both make an appearance here - both were previoulsy encountered in Cat Among the Pigeons and Passenger to Frankfurt.

Murder methods:

One Poisoning.

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