Shadow on the Glass

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Supernatural

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Harley Quin

Synopsis

When African hunter Richard Scott arrives at the Unkertons house party, did he really envisage the evening ending in murder? Perhaps Mr Quin might shed some light on the mysterious goings...

Christie said in her autobiography, “Mr Quin was a figure who just entered into a story – a catalyst, to me – his mere presence affected human beings. There would be some little fact, some apparently irrelevant phrase, to point him out for what he was: a man shown in a harlequin-coloured light that fell on him through a glass window; a sudden appearance or disappearance. Always he stood for the same things: he was a friend of lovers, and connected with death.” Published in The Mysterious Mr Quin.

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