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Crooked house
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Published:
New York, N.Y. : Harper, 2011.
Physical Desc:
236 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
630L
Rating:
630L
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In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level...

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062073532, 0062073532
Lexile measure:
630

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General Note
Originally published: London : Collins, 1949.
Description
In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them intimately. And he's certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one's on the level...
Target Audience
630L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 99 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 92 (very high),Structure demand: 87 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,9,8860.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Christie, A. (2011). Crooked house. New York, N.Y., Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. 2011. Crooked House. New York, N.Y., Harper.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, Crooked House. New York, N.Y., Harper, 2011.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Christie, Agatha. Crooked House. New York, N.Y., Harper, 2011.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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