A Deadly Affair: Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Crime is thematic short story collection by HarperCollins released in Jan 2022. It comprises 13 stories, all previously published in other collections concerning the darker side of love, how it can go wrong and how, sometimes, love leads people to do surprising things.
The books is available in paperback, Kindle, audioCD and Audible audiobook formats.
Blurb[]
(from Amazon.com)
"From the Queen of Mystery--this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing.
Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love—crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries.
In “The Face of Helen,” a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; “Finessing the King” delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who’s in danger of getting stung in “Wasps’ Nest” depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder—before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death."
Contents[]
- The King of Clubs
- The Face of Helen
- Death on the Nile
- Death by Drowning
- The Double Clue
- Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper
- A Fruitful Sunday
- Wasps' Nest
- The Case of the Caretaker
- The Man in the Mist
- The Case of the Rich Woman
- Magnolia Blossom
- The Love Detectives
Audiobook version[]
The audiobook version features David Suchet, Joan Hickson and Hugh Fraser as narrators.