The Clocks
About this book
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks. Mrs Pebmarsh, the blind owner of No. 19, denies all knowledge of ringing Sheila’s secretarial agency and asking for her by name — yet someone did. Nor does she own that many clocks. And neither woman seems to know the victim. Colin Lamb, a young intelligence specialist working a case of his own at the nearby naval yard, happens to be on the scene at the time of Sheila Webb’s ghastly discovery. Lamb knows of only one man who can properly investigate a crime as bizarre and baffling as what happened inside No. 19 — his friend and mentor, Hercule Poirot.
Reader Profile
4.3/5 · 109 readers · 248 pages · ≈ 4 h 36 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Clocks?
About ≈ 4 h 36 m — 248 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Clocks?
248 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Clocks?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is The Clocks in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in The Clocks?
The main characters include Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character).
Where does The Clocks take place?
It is set in England, Belgium.
Who wrote The Clocks?
Agatha Christie.