In Agatha Christie’s classic crime adventure novel, They Came to Baghdad, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.****
A secret superpower summit is being held in Baghdad, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.
Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.
The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer…Basrah…Lefarge. . . .
**
Review
A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, like those of her creator, never fail her' Times Literary SupplementAll in all, the most satisfactory novel in some years from one of the most satisfying of novelists.' New York Times
Review
"The action is rapid...the characters are astonishingly real."--New Yorker
"Excellent...delightful...and a very human heroine, whose powers of invention, like those of her creator, never fail her."--Times Literary Supplement
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In Agatha Christie’s classic crime adventure novel, They Came to Baghdad, a bright, young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.****
A secret superpower summit is being held in Baghdad, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.
Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.
The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: Lucifer…Basrah…Lefarge. . . .
**
Review
A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, like those of her creator, never fail her' Times Literary SupplementAll in all, the most satisfactory novel in some years from one of the most satisfying of novelists.' New York TimesReview
"The action is rapid...the characters are astonishingly real."--New Yorker
"Excellent...delightful...and a very human heroine, whose powers of invention, like those of her creator, never fail her."--Times Literary Supplement