Christie Agatha

Esteemed criminologist Mr. Treves notes that a good murder mystery begins long before the actual murder. Truer words have never been spoken, for a psychopathic killer insinuates himself with cunning manipulation into a quiet village on the river Tern. But who is his intended victim? And how and when will he reach the point of murder?

The life of Agatha Christie as told by herself. It covers her childhood, her first marriage, the birth of her daughter Rosalind, her second marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan, and an account of her legendary career as a novelist and playwright.

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. «Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?» she muses. She has the chance to find out when she discovers a body — in her drawing-room! Desperate to dispose of it, she persuades her guests to help her, all the time knowing that one of them must also be the killer. Now, supposing a police inspector were to arrive...? Adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne.

First published in 1941, this crime story finds Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in a prim seaside boarding house, frequented by genteel old ladies and retired army officers. But one of them is a spy, leader of the fifth column of highly placed traitors.

Theres a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victims corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Chuton, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught — until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans.

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark hed overheard back in Jerusalem: You see, dont you, that shes got to be killed? Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman hed ever met.

Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to get rid of her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldnt help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?

The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles — until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret. This new signature edition is the first to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent.

This is the sequel to The Secret of Chimneys, the second novel to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent. As a prank, eight alarm clocks are set to wake up champion sleeper, Gerry Wade. But when morning arrives, one clock is missing and the prank backfires, with tragic consequences.

While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices a ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says: «Why didn't they ask Evans»?

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the owners of an old English house. Along with the property they have inherited a collection of antique books. When looking through «The Black Arrow», Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings which spell out a disturbing message.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunts International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way.

An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq... It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of «Lovely Louise», wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late!

An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his sons overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identicallurdered corpse.

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning there was one passengerwer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. With tension mounting, detective Hercule Poirot comes up with not one, but two solutions to the crime.

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say: Its been hushed up very nicely, hasnt itBut he was murdered, wasnt he? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the myste.

At a Halloween party, Joyce — a hostile thirteen-year-old — boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the evil presence. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer ...

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the suicide that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoahs tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and, finally, the mystery of the missing willl. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her priceless rubies are missing.

Les nouvelles rassemblées ici datent des années 1923 à 1932. La future «Reine du crime» explore alors des voies diverses, qui nous montrent toute la richesse de sa palette. Une touche de paranormal affleure dans «La maison des rêves», à côté du pur suspense psychologique de «Tant que brillera le jour». Avec «L'or de Man», la romancière relevait un autre genre de défi: raconter une chasse au trésor, en fournissant à ses lecteurs les indices d'un jeu-concours de promotion touristique. On rencontrera à deux reprises Hercule Poirot. Le petit détective belge, que l'on croit souvent né dans Le Meurtre de Roger Acroyd, apparaît dès 1923 dans «Une aventure de Noël». Agatha Christie a composé quelques cent-cinquante nouvelles. Ce sont neuf petits chefs-d'oeuvre que présente ce recueil, indispensable aux amateurs.

Well, it's no wonder. The plot-suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger — is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

The classic mystery that introduced Miss Jane Marple Miss Jane Marpleas passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local manas murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isnat raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.

Sir Claud Amory’s revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe. «Black Coffee» was Agatha Christie’s first playscript, originally performed in 1930 and made into a now rarely-seen film the following year. Combining her typically beguiling plot and sparkling dialogue with his own faithful narrative, Charles Osborne’s novelisation is «A worthy addition to the Christie canon».