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The Pale Horse is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1961, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.
A doctor conferring with Scotland Yard had read The Pale Horse and realised that the mysterious "Bovingdon bug" was actually thallium poisoning. The black magic theme is handled in a masterly and sinister fashion, and to give away what lay behind it would be unforgivable.
The Pale Horse retains many of the characteristics of Agatha Christie's earliest cozy mysteries - country fêtes and bazaars, afternoon tea, parish vicars and their long-suffering wives and the obligatory parlour room confrontation with the suspects. Agatha Christie even allows herself a cameo appearance in the novel in the person of twittering ...
When a murder investigation is launched into the death of a young woman, a mysterious list of names is discovered in her shoe, prompting an inquiry not only to find the killer, but also to understand the list of names.
The Pale Horse: With Kaya Scodelario, Georgina Campbell, Rufus Sewell, Sean Pertwee. Is a trio of witches responsible for a series of sudden deaths or is there a rational explanation?
The Pale Horse is a mystery novel written by acclaimed author Agatha Christie and first published in the United Kingdom in 1961. It tells the tale of a man named Mark Easterbrook and his investigation into a mysterious agency operating out of an old pub, once dubbed the Pale Horse, and the agency’s role in several unexplained deaths.
The Pale Horse is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1961 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in Sep 1962. The UK edition retailed at fifteen shillings (15/-) and the US edition at $3.75.
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Feb 10, 2010 · In the classic mystery by Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, an elderly priest is murdered, quite possibly doomed by a woman’s deathbed confession and by the secrets kept safely locked behind closed doors of a mysterious local pub.
- Agatha Christie
Nov 4, 2022 · The pale horse. A story of a Catholic priest who was murdered after hearing a dying woman's confession. On his body was discovered a list of names, mysterious in that the people had nothing in common; yet, Mark Easterbrook came to discover a connection upon investigation.
Jan 1, 2017 · In this unusual mystery, Agatha Christie's standalone novel gave her the freedom to develop a murder investigation of possible witches casting death spells on unsuspecting victims. There are several loosely connected references to Shakespeare's play Macbeth, adding to the folklore tales of Scottish legends of the supernatural.
- Agatha Christie
