{"product_id":"black-coffee","title":"Black Coffee","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unpublished full-length Hercule Poirot novel by Agatha Christie, adapted from her play by Charles OsborneSir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot _ joined by old favourites Hastings and Inspector Japp _ try to unravel a traditional Christie spy-cum-murder thriller in which we learn of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners, which is all resolved in typically unexpected fashion.BLACK COFFEE was Agatha Christie_s first play, first performed in 1930. It was made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Now Charles Osborne, author of THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, has written a novel based on the play. Combining Agatha Christie_s typically labyrinthine plot and sparkling dialogue with Osborne_s faithful narrative, this is truly a _new_ Agatha Christie novel for the millennium!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charles-osborne-books\"\u003eCharles Osborne\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Mystery \u0026amp; detective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780002326629\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £9.44","offer_id":47907802185905,"sku":"SB-0002326620-C4","price":9.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0002326620.jpg?v=1789292256","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-coffee","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}