Ordeal by Innocence

Description

Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill again to remain in the shadows. Shaded in the moral ambiguity of murder, the provocative psychological puzzler of guilt, vengeance, and blood secrets is among Agatha Christie's personal favorites.

First Sentence

It was dusk when he came to the Ferry.

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Other Editions

• Ordeal by InnocenceLibrary BindingTandem Library2002-05-01
• Ordeal by InnocenceWalter J. Black1958-01-01
• Ordeal by innocenceHardcoverThe Book Club1959-01-01
• Ordeal By InnocencePaperbackPocket Books1970-01-01
• Temoins indesirablesPaperbackLibrairie des Champ-Élysées1971-01-01
• Feuerprobe der UnschuldScherz1980-01-01