Passenger to Frankfurt

Passenger to Frankfurt
Agatha Christie

A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen…Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her.Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person. Equally at home in any guise in any society she draws Sir Stafford into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine.In an arena where no-one can be sure of anyone, Nye must do battle with a well-armed, well-financed, well-trained – and invisble – enemy…

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Dedication (#udc706b63-8e95-5be4-9273-085032bb1de9)

To Margaret Guillaume

Epigraph (#udc706b63-8e95-5be4-9273-085032bb1de9)

‘Leadership, besides being a great creative force, can be diabolical …’

Jan Smuts

Contents

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Title Page (#ucd107689-75e3-5561-a20a-95c634b69f19)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction

BOOK I: Interrupted Journey

1. Passenger to Frankfurt

2. London

3. The Man from the Cleaners

4. Dinner with Eric

5. Wagnerian Motif

6. Portrait of a Lady

7. Advice from Great-Aunt Matilda

8. An Embassy Dinner

9. The House near Godalming

BOOK II: Journey to Siegfried

10. The Woman in the Schloss

11. The Young and the Lovely

12. Court Jester

BOOK III: At Home and Abroad

13. Conference in Paris

14. Conference in London

15. Aunt Matilda Takes a Cure