The Witness for the Prosecution And Other Stories by Agatha Christie After seventeen years--and countless broken

After seventeen years--and countless broken bones and broken promises--she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close

glad simply to be alive

the old warrior Socrates shrugs off Dan’s questions with a laconic “It’s the House Rules

the time has come for one winner to be chosen

and of course the two editors themselves

The Witness for the Prosecution And Other Stories by Agatha Christie After seventeen years--and countless brokenAgatha Christie's classic short story collection, published to tie in with a new BBC TV adaptation of the book's most enduring and shocking thriller, The Witness for the Prosecution. 1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune