At it's #NewYearsEve we're going to end the year by playing the Agatha Christie game!

I'll show you the book cover artwork by Tom Adams, and you guess the Fontana edition Agatha Christie novel it's from.

Here's your first one...

A little bit trickier for question 2...
A lot trickier for number 3, but the clues are there if you know your Christie...
And here's your last Agatha Christie cover for this round - quite a famous one.

I'll post the answers in a bit, so get your guesses in now please!
Here are the answers to round 1 of the Agatha Christie game. I hope you got a few right, as round 2 will exercise your little grey cells a little bit more...
Question 1: which Agatha Christie book does this cover come from? The clues are there...
Question 2: which Christie book is this? Boats, fields, an old pillar, hmm...
Agatha Christie cover no 3: this ISN'T Death On The Nile, but what book is it?
Here's your last Christie cover for round 2, and it's an easy one. All the clues are there, answers in a bit...
Here are the answers to round 2. The final round is very hard, so kudos if you get any of the next four Agatha Christie covers without cheating...
Question 1: which Agatha Christie story is this cover from. The clues are there of you think about it...
Question 2: which Agatha Christie novel is this cover from. The background is a clue...
Question 3: name that Agatha Christie book. All the clues are there, you just have to think a little differently than usual...
And our last Agatha Christie cover is a festive one. But what was the book? Answers in a bit...
I have gathered you all together in the drawing room to reveal... the answers to the last round!

I hope you guessed a few.

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