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[Read by Hugh Fraser]A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, hereditary sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing experimenthospitals, schools, a Health Serviceis coming to chaos, knows that he must prepare for the day of his exile. He asks his pilot and school friend, Bob Rawlinson, to care for a packet of jewels. Rawlinson does so, hiding them among the possessions of his niece, Jennifer Sutcliffe, who is bound for Meadowbank. Rawlinson is killed before he can reveal the hiding placeor even the fact that he has employed his niece as a smuggler. But someone knows, or suspects, that Jennifer has the jewels. As murder strikes Meadowbank, only Hercule Poirot can restore the peace.

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins Agatha Christie the acknowledged mistress of suspensecreator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and so many other unforgettable charactersbrings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits locked room mysteries and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks Murder is part of the curriculum at an exclusive school for girls in Christies Cat Among the Pigeons as the intrepid Poirot sets out to bring a stealthy killer to justice

Another term has begun at Meadowbank, a prestigious, well-respected British girls' school. The indomitable headmistress is preparing to retire and name her successor. There is a disconcertingly mature Middle Eastern princess among the students and several new staff members in residence. And a brand-new sports pavilion is the pride of the campus.But the school year suddenly takes a deadly turn when one of the teachers is found shot to death. As the investigation ensues, it becomes clear that the killer was not an outsider -- and equally clear that no one at Meadowbank is who he or she seems to be. It is up to Hercule Poirot to determine who is who -- and, more importantly, what has drawn the killer to the school -- before anyone else falls victim to the cat among the pigeons.