Authors: Susan Kandel

Christietown

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To Deborah Michel, lifelong frien
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C HAPTER 1 The lights sparkled overhead as the man I loved spun…	1
C HAPTER 2 My dad, a twenty-year veteran of the force, used…	10
C HAPTER 3 Agatha was wearing a fur coat, brown fur-lined gloves,…	21
C HAPTER 4 I am a superstitious person.	24
C HAPTER 5 Ian came running over the minute he saw me, right…	30
C HAPTER 6 Bridget’s disappeared, too,” Lael said calmly. “But if we keep…	39
C HAPTER 7 When Agatha took her hand away from her forehead, she…	48
C HAPTER 8 People talk about falling apart, but after making an official…	50
C HAPTER 9 Richard,” I said to my ex-husband, trying—failing—to stay…	55
C HAPTER 10 It was evening by the time Agatha’s taxicab pulled up…	62
C HAPTER 11 Poisoned?” I sank down on the couch, bewildered. “How Can…	65
C HAPTER 12 It was close to seven by the time I was…	70
C HAPTER 13 The water was boiling.	77
C HAPTER 14 Would you please stop yelling?” I begged my mother. “The…	79

C HAPTER 15 When I got home, I made a pot of coffee…	88
C HAPTER 16 The next evening Dot was waiting for me outside her…	92
C HAPTER 17 First things first.	99
C HAPTER 18 Agatha gazed outside her window. The Hydropathic’s elderly gardener was…	101
C HAPTER 19 I stopped in my tracks—not moving, not breathing.	104
C HAPTER 20 I slipped back into the Blue Boar and took my…	110
C HAPTER 21 A little after eight the next morning, Gambino and I…	117
C HAPTER 22 Ladies first.	122
C HAPTER 23 Every day, after breakfasting in bed with the London newspapers…	129
C HAPTER 24 That night I had three surprises for Gambino.	131
C HAPTER 25 Seven A . M . came in the blink of an eye.	134
C HAPTER 26 The Vicarage was an unholy mess. Business types in rumpled…	139
C HAPTER 27 Unfortunately, I was not able to reflect upon the day’s…	145
C HAPTER 28 Unfortunately, dinner at Dr. Hogly Wogly’s never happened. At Roscoe…	153

C HAPTER 29 Two A . M .	159
C HAPTER 30 It is a terrible mistake to marry a stranger.	162
C HAPTER 31 The bell rang while I was doing the breakfast dishes.	164
C HAPTER 32 Unfortunately for Wren, she got arrested on a Friday. According…	172
C HAPTER 33 There were four art deco timepieces at the top of the…	179
C HAPTER 34 Avi Semel strode into the office like he owned the…	184
C HAPTER 35 The ride home was frustrating. Call after call led nowhere.	190
C HAPTER 36 Several hours later I heard the key turn in the…	196
C HAPTER 37 Everyone thought he was sleeping.	203
C HAPTER 38 It wasn’t fair.	205
C HAPTER 39 A uniformed guard escorted Wren into the dingy conference room…	208
C HAPTER 40 I got back from the detention center before ten, which…	213
C HAPTER 41 One hour with Richard. That was all I needed. Jackie kindly..	221
C HAPTER 42 Agatha wrapped her fur-trimmed coat more tightly around her.	229
C HAPTER 43 Amnesia saved Agatha Christie’s life.	231

C HAPTER 44 Sunday morning, the sky was dark and angry. Rain had…	235
C HAPTER 45 The thing about Los Angeles is, nobody knows how to…	240
C HAPTER 46 I’d have to go down to the dance studio, though.	248
C HAPTER 47 We exited the freeway at Temple, entering the evil maze…	255
C HAPTER 48 The onlookers huddled around the rosy-cheeked man in the…	263
C HAPTER 49 Betrayal by Chambermaid.	270
C HAPTER 50 Cece! Where are you?” Gambino shouted into my ear.	273
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