The Murder on the Links

The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back…An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse…

The Murder on the Links

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Source ISBN: 9780008129460

Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780007422562

Version: 2017-04-13

TO MY HUSBAND

A fellow enthusiast for detective stories, and to whom I am indebted for much helpful advice and criticism

Contents

Cover (#u619df021-5139-511d-99a3-e945dad7a257)

Title Page (#u43eca23e-9ce8-5041-9fef-c97732f54848)

Copyright (#ud111bfb3-e156-57a4-9c57-0794caee0939)

Dedication (#u7c2e7f4d-645c-52f8-af66-19470a76bc8a)

CHAPTER 1: A Fellow-Traveller (#ua649f417-a862-5c38-b557-ed34cb603740)

CHAPTER 2: An Appeal for Help (#uf717669e-0c40-51dc-8b68-239b4f916128)

CHAPTER 3: At the Villa Geneviève (#ub6dd318f-0159-5cfe-872c-c83afaeddd0f)

CHAPTER 4: The Letter Signed ‘Bella’ (#ub0df2ccb-28a6-57a1-a9f5-ed4e6c8cfee8)

CHAPTER 5: Mrs Renauld’s Story (#ub86bef1c-0277-510f-ba0a-dd0ab8c33f73)

CHAPTER 6: The Scene of the Crime (#uea0495db-e0bf-5d50-b0f5-e97a4ec74db2)

CHAPTER 7: The Mysterious Madame Daubreuil (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 8: An Unexpected Meeting (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 9: M. Giraud Finds Some Clues (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 10: Gabriel Stonor (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 11: Jack Renauld (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 12: Poirot Elucidates Certain Points (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 13: The Girl With the Anxious Eyes (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 14: The Second Body (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 15: A Photograph (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 16: The Beroldy Case (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 17: We Make Further Investigations (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 18: Giraud Acts (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 19: I Use My Grey Cells (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 20: An Amazing Statement (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 21: Hercule Poirot on the Case (#litres_trial_promo)