Ordeal By Innocence Av Agatha Christie

<p> <strong>A print-on-demand edition of Christie's masterpiece especially for readers who prefer the old pocket-sized 'A-format' paperbacks.</strong> </p> <p>Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life – so who did kill her?</p> <p>Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family.<br/>A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.</p> <p>Throughout the trial Jack had maintained his innocence, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and he had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. Unable to locate this mystery man the police viewed Jack’s as a lie. Calgary was the stranger in question, but he arrives to late for Jack – who succumbs to pneumonia after serving just six months of his sentence.</p> <p>Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family – it means one of the family is a murderer…</p>