The Mousetrap and Selected Plays - Tapa blanda

A newly-jacketed edition published to coincide with the 50th anniversary year of the longest-running play in history.

THE MOUSETRAP, the longest-running play in the history of London’s West End, begins its 50th Year run on 25 November 2001. This new edition of four works show how Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller.
The Mousetrap
A homicidal maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound guests to the refrain of 'Three Blind Mice'...
And Then There Were None
Ten guilty people, brought together on an island in mysterious circumstances, await their sentence...
Appointment With Death
The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder...
The Hollow
A set of friends convene at a country home where their convoluted relationships mean that any one of them could be a murderer...

'The Mousetrap', the longest-running play in the English language, is 50 years old. This special edition comes complete with three other thrillers, showing how Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller.

'The Mousetrap'

Being cut off by snowdrifts is not an auspicious beginning, but Molly and Giles Ralston are determined to make a go of their new guest house. But among their first visitors is a maniac with an ambition to murder 'Three Blind Mice'...

'And Then There Were None'

Ten guilty people, brought together on an island in mysterious circumstances, await their sentence...

'Appointment With Death'

The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder...

'The Hollow'

A set of friends convene at a country home where their convoluted relationships mean that any one of them could be a murderer...