by Yves Jacquemard and Jean-Michel Sénécal
At the Théâtre Gérard in Paris a new production of Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians opens. One of the actors narrates this story, a mystery novel done in the manner of Christie and described by the French authors as an hommage. All the other members of the cast are murdered, and Hector Parescot, a Sûreté detective, takes on the case. There are diagrams of dressing rooms, overheard conversations and all the usual devices, but a basic piece of information is withheld from the reader until the end. The book is an acceptable evening's distraction for Christie fanatics who have read all her novels—twice. (Dodd, Mead, $8.95)
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