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    The Shadow on the Glass: A Harley Quin Short Story
    The Shadow on the Glass: A Harley Quin Short Story
    The Shadow on the Glass: A Harley Quin Short Story
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    The Shadow on the Glass: A Harley Quin Short Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    At Mr. and Mrs. Unkerton's party in Greenway's House, Mr. Satterthwaite learns of a haunted window: no matter how many times it is replaced, it always contains the image of a gentleman in a plumed hat. When gunshots are heard, Satterthwaite finds that two of the guests have been shot dead, which is shortly followed by a sighting of the gentleman in the newly-replaced windowpane. Can Mr. Quin shed light on the mystery?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9780062211088
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      The Shadow on the Glass - Agatha Christie

      The Shadow on the Glass

      A Harley Quin Short Story

      by Agatha Christie

      An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      The Shadow on the Glass

      About the Author

      Back Ads

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      The Shadow on the Glass

      ‘The Shadow on the Glass’ was first published in Grand Magazine, October 1923.

      ‘Listen to this,’ said Lady Cynthia Drage.

      She read aloud from the journal she held in her hand.

      ‘Mr and Mrs Unkerton are entertaining a party at Greenways House this week. Amongst the guests are Lady Cynthia Drage, Mr and Mrs Richard Scott, Major Porter, D.S.O., Mrs Staverton, Captain Allenson and Mr Satterthwaite.’

      ‘It’s as well,’ remarked Lady Cynthia, casting away the paper, ‘to know what we’re in for. But they have made a mess of things!’

      Her companion, that same Mr Satterthwaite whose name figured at the end of the list of guests, looked at her interrogatively. It had been said that if Mr Satterthwaite were found at the houses of those rich who had newly arrived, it was a sign either that the cooking was unusually good, or that a drama of human life was to be enacted there. Mr Satterthwaite was abnormally interested in the comedies and tragedies of his fellow men.

      Lady Cynthia, who was a middle-aged woman, with a hard face and a liberal allowance of make-up, tapped him smartly with the newest thing in parasols which lay rakishly across her knee.

      ‘Don’t pretend you don’t understand me. You do perfectly. What’s more I believe you’re here on purpose to see the fur fly!’

      Mr Satterthwaite protested vigorously. He didn’t know what she was talking about.

      ‘I’m talking about Richard Scott. Do you pretend you’ve never heard of him?’

      ‘No, of course not. He’s the Big Game man, isn’t he?’

      ‘That’s it – Great big bears and tigers, etc. as the song says. Of course, he’s a great lion himself just now – the Unkertons would naturally be mad to get hold of him – and the bride! A charming child – oh! quite a charming child – but so naïve, only twenty, you know, and he must be at least forty-five.’

      ‘Mrs Scott seems to be very charming,’ said Mr Satterthwaite sedately.

      ‘Yes, poor child.’

      ‘Why poor child?’

      Lady Cynthia

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