Ordeal by Innocence

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Author: Agatha ChristieClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 10 September 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 288 pages136 x 205 x 27 | 334g Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life – so who did kill her? According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonment But when Dr Arthur Calgary turns up a year later with the proof that confirms Jacko’s innocence, he is too late – Jacko died behind bars from a bout of pneumonia. Worse still, the doctor’s revelations re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike again… Show more