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Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery (Starring Superintendent Battle #2 & Bundle)

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  ⭐⭐⭐  Stars Book Blurb A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words "Seven Dials" were to take on a new and chilling significance... First published January 24, 1929 In my short journey of reviewing books, I have yet to cover notable authors whose books I have read over the decades with the current ones always in focus. My brother @pinakrath  (IG) who is holding the flame of book-reading aloft in the family asked me to review a few Dame Christie books.  Pinak this one is for you. This book, my first #agathachristie book, is th...