The World's End

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Summary

Genre: Thriller, Supernatural

Format: Short Story

Location: Corsica

Recurring Characters: Harley Quin

Synopsis

Mr Satterthwaite has come to Corsica with his friend the Duchess of Leith, where they meet the Duchess’s cousin Naomi Carlton-Smith. Distraught that her fiancé has been accused of stealing, Naomi turns to Sattherthwaite and his friend the mysterious Mr Quin for help!

Christie wrote in her autobiography of Mr Quin, “He was a kind of carry-over for me from my early poems in the Harlequin and Columbine series.” This short story appears in The Mysterious Mr Quin.

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