Accomplished physicist Sir Claud Amory has constructed a
workable formula for one of the most deadly weapons known to man – the atom
bomb. Hercule Poirot, with the help of Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp, is
called in after the formula is mysteriously stolen and Sir Claud is callously
murdered.
A superbly crafted whodunit with endless red
herrings, subplots of infamous spies and an astonishingly prophetic storyline
about weapons created through “bombarding the atom”. One of Christie’s most
gripping country house murder mysteries.
“It’s exactly as Agatha Christie – and Poirot
– should be. I’m totally in the dark, in every way, but having fun.”
THE GUARDIAN
CASTING: 3 women, 10 men
Black Coffee premiered at the Embassy Theatre in London in December 1930.