Dame Agatha Abroad is an omnibus edition of Agatha Christie works which, as the title suggests, features novels where the main action takes place abroad. Two versions of the title exist. One version, by the Mystery Guild, by arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons, was released in 2005. This includes three novels: Murder on the Orient Express, Murder in Mesopotamia and They Came to Baghdad. A large print edition (ISBN 9780739461983) was released by Doubleday with the first two novels. The date is uncertain but probably 2006 according to Worldcat: 74814217 .
The cover on the Mystery Guild edition and blurb states that it is part of their "Lost Classics" collection, although the Christie novels in them are by no means lost.
Blurb on front and back flaps of the Mystery Guild version[]
During her career, Agatha Christie always brought out a new book for the holidays--"A Christie for Christmas!" This season, we are pleased and proud to be reviving that grand tradition with our second Agatha Christie omnibus in Mystery Gulld's Lost Classics series
While most mystery fans know that Christie is the queen of the British manor house mystery--as Mystery Gulld demonstrated with Murder at the Manor--many may not realize she had a passionate interest in foreign affairs and archacology. She and her second husband archaeologist Max Mallowan, even maintained a home in Baghdad. These three novels--the classic Murder on the Orient Express, Murder in Mesopotamia (both featuring Hercule Poirot), and They Came to Bagbdad, which The New York Times called the most satisfyingnovel in years, from one of the most satisfying novelists!"--are shining examples of what a dab hand Dame Agatha was with internationalintrigue. Here, then, are three gems of detection inspired by her time in the Middle East:
Murder on the Orient Express
When a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks, the luxurious train is fulll-but bymorning there is one less passenger. A man lies dead, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside ... and it's up to Hercule Poirot to solve a seemingly impossible crime.
Murder in Mesopotamia
When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after an archaeologist's ailing wife at a dig, she's in for more than nursing--she also has to solve a murder. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is also visiting the excavation site!
They Came to Baghdad
A superpower summit is planned in Baghdad--and an underground organization plans to sabotage it. Into this explosive situation skips Victoria Jones, who yearns for adventure ... and gets more than she bargained for when an agent dies in her hotel room.
So get on board with Agatha Christie for a journey you'll never forget!
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