The Mousetrap and Other Plays

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Agatha Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Playsincluding the title piece the longest running play in history still a smash hit in Londons West End after 60 years! On an isolated island ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the desert heat of Jerusalem. A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial. And a homicidal maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound guests to the refrain of "Three Blind Mice." This collection of eight works proves that Agatha Christies plays are as compulsive as her novels with their colorful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller. Includes: And Then There Were None Appointment with Death The Hollow The Mousetrap Witness for the Prosecution Towards Zero Verdict and Go Back for Murder.