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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None is the signature novel of Agatha Christie, the most popular work of the world's bestselling novelist. It is a masterpiece of mystery and suspense that has been a fixture in popular literature since it was originally published in 1939. First there were ten-a curious assortment of strangers summoned to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to... (more)
Hercule Poirot: Book 9
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen... (more)
Hercule Poirot Mysteries
Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha Christie
At a Hallowe'en party, Hercule Poirot aids mystery writer Ariadne Oliver in an investigation into the murder of a young girl-who may have witnessed a murder herself. But unmasking the killer proves more daunting than bobbing for apples.
Death Comes As the End
by Agatha Christie
It is 2000 B.C. in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful young concubine Nofret. However not all the members of his family welcome her and when she is found dead it is Imhotep’s daughter Renisenb who suspects it might not have been an accident. This death unleashes the greed and hate that have been building up within the family and the horrific events that follow tear it apart. With few allies... (more)
A Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery
by Agatha Christie
In this ingeniously plotted Christie classic, a child's nursery rhyme holds three clues to finding a cunning killer when a well-to-do household becomes infested with murder.
4:50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie
Elspeth McGillicuddy was not a woman usually given to hallucinations. But when she witnesses what appears to be a woman being strangled on a train and no-one else sees it, no-one reports it and no corpse is found she turns to her old friend Jane Marple to help solve the puzzle. Marple asks her highly efficient and intelligent young acquaintance, Lucy Eyelesbarrow to infiltrate the Crackenthorpe family, who seem to... (more)
Hercule Poirot: Book 13
Murder in Mesopotamia
by Agatha Christie
When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after American archaeologist Dr Leidner’s wife Louise at a dig near Hassanieh she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties – she also has to help solve murders. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is visiting the excavation site but will the great detective be in time to prevent a multiple murderer from striking again?
Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysteries (Paperback))
by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple's nephew's wife is having trouble settling in to their home. Feelings of unnatural dread are taking their toll. And when Miss Marple investigates, she learns how truthful-and terrifying-the imagination can be.
Hercule Poirot: Book 14
Cards on the Table
by Agatha Christie
It was the match-up of the century. Four sleuths -- Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service, and the incomparable Hercule Poirot -- invited to play bridge with four specifically invited rivals, each of whom had once gotten away with murder. For the host it was irresistible entertainment -- until his own murder became part of the game. Now... (more)
An autobiography (The Agatha Christie mystery collection)
by Agatha Christie
The great mystery writer shares her own vivid chronicle of her childhood, family life, marriages, personal relationships, and world travels, as well as a discussion of her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing. Reprint.
Hercule Poirot: Book 12
ABC Murders
by Agatha Christie
Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirot’s most... (more)
Hercule Poirot Mystery: Book 32
Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Paperback))
by Agatha Christie
Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion. There they find the body of the unpopular games mistress - shot through the heart. Chaos reigns as "the cat" strikes again, and one schoolgirl knows that without Poirot's help, she will be next.
Hercule Poirot Mystery: Book 16
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything -- until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an... (more)
Hercule Poirot Mystery: Book 20
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
by Agatha Christie
Christie, Poirot--and murder--are never out of season. A family get-together for the holidays begins with a game, and ends in cold-blooded murder. Who better to solve it than Poirot, who "has solved some puzzling mysteries in his time but never has his mighty brain functioned more brilliantly than in Hercule Poirot's Christmas" ( New York Times ).
Hercule Poirot: Book 10
Murder in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie
Thirteen guests for dinner - and it did indeed prove an unlucky evening for Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail and died. A chemical analysis showed there was no trace of poison - just as the great detective, Poirot, had predicted. There was also no motive.
Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
by Agatha Christie
A flirtatious young bride is strangled to death while vacationing, and only Poirot can unravel the woman's strange secrets.
Hercule Poirot: Book 2
Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
A millionaire's been found stabbed in the back on his private golf course. Hercule Poirot finds no shortage of suspects in the victim's family tree, but even he is surprised when the killer strikes again.
N or M (Agatha Christie Audio Mystery)
by Agatha Christie
This atmospheric story, set during WW2, finds the now mature Tommy and Tuppence Beresford doing what they do best—having an adventure. These two unlikely spies help to defend their country by trying to rout out two highly placed Fifth Columnists. When Tommy is asked by the British Intelligence Service to go and stay at the Sans Souci guest house he is astonished to see Tuppence there. The mission: to identify... (more)
Hercule Poirot: Book 4
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
by Agatha Christie
Considered to be one of Agatha Christie’s most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. A widow’s suicide has stirred rumors of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was found stabbed to death in his study. The case is so unconventional that not even crack detective Hercule Poirot has a clue as to how to solve it.
AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MOVING FINGER
AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MOVING FINGER

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