Ordeal By Innocence by Agatha Christie

While serving a sentence for killing his foster mother – a crime he insisted he didn't commit – Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, the man who could have supported Jacko's alibi suddenly turns up; and the family must come to terms with the fact not only that one of them is the real murderer, but also that suspicion falls upon each of them, and they begin to become distrustful of one another. The witness in question, Arthur Calgary, believes that, when he clears the name of their son, the family would be grateful. He fails to realise …

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posted: 06/07/2012 by Lynskeyium comments | results | vote