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Colonel Race Series

4 primary works • 4 total works
Ex-Army Colonel and MI5 agent Johnnie Race featured in four novels; he works alongside Hercule Poirot in books two and three.

Book 1

The Man in the Brown Suit
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3.95 · 124358 Ratings · 4588 Reviews · published 1924 · 35 editions

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adve…

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    Book 2

    Cards on the Table
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    3.96     · 71612 Ratings · 5000 Reviews · published 1936 · 444 editions
    A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view o…

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    Book 3

    Death on the Nile
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    4.12     · 303305 Ratings · 21255 Reviews · published 1937 · 773 editions
    The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile …

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    Book 4

    Sparkling Cyanide
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    3.92     · 41263 Ratings · 3233 Reviews · published 1945 · 37 editions
    Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table…

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