The Burden

Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura’s emotions towards
her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her
with all her strength and love. While Shirley longs for freedom and
romance, Laura has to learn that loving can never be a one-sided affair,
and the burden of her love for her sister has a dramatic effect on both their lives. A story of consequences when love turns to obsession…

“Sometimes you haven’t the right currency. And then someone else has to pay…’ -Agatha Christie
“Very much the art of story-telling that would be at home in the
woman’s magazine.’ Times Literary Supplement

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime for her 80 ingenious crime books and her plays. Writing anonymously as Mary Westmacott, she also wrote about crimes of the heart, a series of six bittersweel novels with a jagged edge, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work: