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    The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story
    The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story
    The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story
    Audiobook37 minutes

    The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story

    Written by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

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    A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.

    Mystery writer Anthony Eastwood is lured to the crime scene of a faked murder, where two individuals masquerading as police officers arrest him and charge him for murder. As the phony police officers escort Mr. Eastwood home, the true goal of the masquerade becomes apparent.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateDec 26, 2012
    ISBN9780062257529
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      A fun and diverting mystery! No Poirot, no Miss Marple, yet Agatha Christie still delivers the goods.