The Pale Horse - Tapa dura

‘Wholesale murder by black magic...highly ingenious, wholly enjoyable.’ Evening Standard

‘The story holds unflaggingly, and holds with a grip which is gentle as well as firm.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘This is the formal detective story in all its glory.’ New York Times

Volume 62 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1961)
Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide

To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?

Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman’s head? Or the priest’s visit, just minutes before, to a woman on her death bed? Or was there a deeper significance to the violent squabble which Mark Easterbrook had himself witnessed earlier?