The Clocks: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks. Mrs Pebmarsh, the blind owner of No. 19, denies all knowledge of ringing Sheila’s secretarial agency and asking for her by name — yet someone did. Nor does she own that many clocks. And neither woman seems to know the victim. Colin Lamb, a young intelligence specialist working a case of his own at the nearby naval yard, happens to be on the scene at the time of Sheila Webb’s ghastly discovery. Lamb knows of only one man who can properly investigate a crime as bizarre and baffling as what happened inside No. 19 — his friend and mentor, Hercule Poirot.
Quick facts about The Clocks
- Title: The Clocks
- Author: Agatha Christie
- First published: 1963
- Genre: fiction, mystery, hercule poirot (fictitious character)
- OpenLibrary ID: OL471670W
Where to read The Clocks
The Clocks by Agatha Christie is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is The Clocks about?
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean to accept a new job.
Who wrote The Clocks?
The Clocks was written by Agatha Christie.
When was The Clocks published?
The Clocks was first published in 1963.
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