| Cat Among the Pigeons Christie, Agatha |
| Saga: Hercule Poirot Mystery - 34 Título: Cat Among the Pigeons Autor: Christie, Agatha ISBN: 9780062073792 Año de publicación: 2011 Primera edición: 1959 Recomendado por: reponedor Calificación:  7,66Popularidad: 22124 votos |
At the start of the summer term at Meadowbank School for Girls, the most prestigious prep school in England, Miss Bulstrode, the popular but aging headmistress, has no reason to believe that the challenges facing her on parent’s day will be more than the occasional irate or inebriated parent. She scarcely listens when Mrs Upjohn, a parent, looks out the window and recognizes on the school campus someone she had known from her wartime days in military intelligence. The story flashes back three months to Ramat, a rich country in the Middle East, where a revolution is about to take place. Prince Ali Yusuf gives a fortune in jewels into the safekeeping of Bob Rawlinson, his pilot and the only person he trusts to take them out of the country. Rawlinson conceals the jewels in the luggage of his sister, Mrs Joan Sutcliffe, travelling with her daughter, Jennifer. He is seen doing this by a rather sinister woman via a handheld mirror on her balcony in the next room. Soon after, both Ali Yusuf and Bob Rawlinson are killed in an aeroplane crash after a flight mechanic sabotages their plane. British Intelligence among others get onto the trail of the jewels. Their attention focuses on Meadowbank School, where not only Jennifer, but also the prince's cousin, Shaista, are studying… |
