In Agatha Christie's first book, Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.
Hercule Poirot Reeks
Deze klassieke detective serie van Agatha Christie volgt de Belgische detective Hercule Poirot terwijl hij complexe misdaden oplost met buitengewone logica en inzicht. Elk verhaal staat bekend om zijn verrassende wendingen en ingewikkelde plots. Poirot staat bekend om zijn perfecte aandacht voor detail en zijn vermogen om de waarheid te onthullen, zelfs wanneer deze verborgen lijkt. De serie wordt beschouwd als een van de beste in het detectivegenre.
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The Murder on the Links
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"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead, stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored; and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond…then came the 'suicide' that was murder…the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat…a suspicious death in a locked gun-room…a million dollar bond robbery…the curse of a pharoah's 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 will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot! Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 79 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots. MORE SHORT, SHARP SHOCKS FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIME FICTION
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie's most audacious crime mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
The Big Four
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The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Framed In The Doorway Of Poirot S Bedroom Stood An Uninvited Guest, Coated From Head To Foot In Dust. The Man S Gaunt Face Stared For A Moment, Then He Swayed And Fell. Who Was He? Was He Suffering From Shock Or Just Exhaustion? Above All, What Was The Significance Of The Figure 4, Scribbled Over And Over Again On A Sheet Of Paper? Poirot Finds Himself Plunged Into A World Of International Intrigue, Risking His Life To Uncover The Truth About Number Four .
The mystery of the blue train
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The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice... 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 precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board...
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckley. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life.
An Agatha Christie mystery story. 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 couldn’t 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?
Moord in de Orient-Expres
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Als Hercule Poirot vanuit Istanbul met de Oriënt-Expres naar Engeland terugkeert, verwacht hij een rustige reis. Maar rond middernacht strandt de trein in de sneeuw en de volgende ochtend blijkt één van de passagiers op een gruwelijke manier te zijn vermoord. Poirot vindt bij het ondervragen van zijn medepassagiers zo veel tegenstrijdige aanwijzingen, dat hij al gauw vermoedt dat dit de meest wonderlijke moordzaak uit zijn carrière zal worden.
A crime thriller featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in which a mild-mannered minister attending a dinner is poisoned, but no trace of poison can be found, and there seems to be absolutely no motive.
Death in the Clouds
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A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane. Flying from Paris to London.From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.How could this happen with the world's No. 1 private detective on board?
The A.B.C. Murders
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Hercule Poirot's mastery of detective skills is tested by a mysterious correspondent who predicts and then executes alphabetical murders
Er wordt een moord gepleegd tijdens een spel bridge. De geheimzinnige mijnheer Shaitana 'verzamelt' niet ontdekte moordenaars. Het blijkt een gevaarlijke hobby, die hem tenslotte het leven kost. Hercule Poirot, die op het ogenblik dat Shaitana werd vermoord bij hem op bezoek was, moet zien uit te zoeken wie van de gasten zijn gastheer heeft vermoord. Hoewel hij uit de manier waarop de verdachten die avond bridge speelden heel wat kan opmaken over hun karakter, blijft het een ingewikkelde zaak...
Murder in Mesopotamia
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Hercule Poirot is summoned to solve a case involving the murder of a seductive woman accompanying a scientific party investigating the secrets of ancient Babylon
Moord op de Nijl
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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 earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems...
Dumb Witness
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Everyone blamed Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about the fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.
Murder in the Mews
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How Did A Woman Holding A Pistol In Her Right Hand Manage To Shoot Herself In The Left Temple? What Was The Link Between A Ghost Sighting And The Disappearance Of Top Secert Military Plans? How Did The Bullet That Killed Sir Gervase Shatter A Mirror In Another Part Of The Room? And Who Destroyed The Eternal Triangle Of Love Involving Renowned Beauty, Valentine Chantry? Hercule Poirot Is Faced With Four Mystifying Cases Murder In The Mews, The Incredible Theft, Dead Man S Mirror And Triangle At Rhodes Each A Miniature Classic Of Characterisation, Incident And Suspense.
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 he’d overheard back in Jerusalem: ‘You see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?’ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he’d ever met.
Christmas Eve and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man ...
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?
Dood van een danseres
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It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.
Overal is de duivel
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De ontspannen vakantiesfeer van hotel 'De vrolijke zeerover' wordt ruw verstoord door de moord op Arlena Stuart, een beeldschone en - naar men zegt - gevaarlijke vrouw. Heel wat hotelgasten blijken een motief voor de moord te hebben, wat het werk van de politie niet gemakkelijker maakt. Gelukkig logeert de beroemde Hercule Poirot ook in het hotel en doordat hij zijn medegasten goed bestudeerd heeft weet hij de dader aan te wijzen.
Five Little Pigs
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Beautiful Caroline Crale Was Convicted Of Poisoning Her Husband, Yet There Were Five Other Suspects: Philip Blake (The Stockbroker) Who Went To Market; Meredith Blake (The Amateur Herbalist) Who Stayed At Home; Elsa Greer (The Three-Time Divorcee) Who Had Roast Beef; Cecilia Williams (The Devoted Governess) Who Had None; And Angela Warren (The Disfigured Sister) Who Cried Wee Wee Wee All The Way Home. It Is Sixteen Years Later, But Hercule Poirot Just Can T Get That Nursery Rhyme Out Of His Mind&
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell. Dr. Cristow is at the center of the trouble when his mistress Henrietta, ex-mistress Veronica, and wife Gerda, simultaneously arrive at The Hollow. Also visiting are Edward (who is in love with Henrietta) and Midge (who loves Edward). Veronica ardently desires to marry Cristow and succeeds in reopening their affair but is unable to get him to divorce his wife. Veronica unwisely states that if she cannot have him, no one shall. Within five minutes Cristow is dead. Nearly everyone has a motive and most had the opportunity. Enter Inspector Colquhoun and Sergeant Penny to solve the crime.
"A modern 'Labours of Hercules ...' The idea appeals to Hercule Poirot's vanity. Before he retires to grow superior vegetables, he will undertake just twelve more cases. All of them will resemble the remarkable feats of strength performed by that hero of ancient Greece, the first Hercules. But when the modern Hercules faces his comtemporary monsters, his only weapon will be his brilliant powers of deduction ..." - back cover.
Shortly after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is killed by a bomb blast in the blitz. The former Mrs Underhay is now in sole possession of the family fortune. Poirot is approched by Gordon's sister in law claiming that Mrs Underhay's first husband is still alive.
Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger. In fact, James is facing a trial for an almost certain open-and-shut case. But Superintendent Spence is suspicious enough to ask for Hercule Poirot's assistance. Soon, the seemingly simple situation turns into a complex web of lies and hidden identities. Novelist Ariadne Oliver (Agatha Christie's alter ego) joins the hunt to find the real murderer.
After the Funeral
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The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
Moord in het studentenhuis
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In het studentenhuis van mevrouw Hubbard verdwijnen allerlei sieraden maar ook gloeilampen en een stethoscoop. Hercule Poirot lost de diefstal van de sieraden snel op, maar als hij ook probeert de andere zaken op te losen wordt de dief wanhopig. Hij tracht zijn sporen uit te wissen door een moord, en nog een... maar dan grijpt Poirot in.
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man's Folly.
The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Late One Night, Two Teachers Investigate A Mysterious Flashing Light In The Sports Pavilion, While The Rest Of The School Sleeps. There, Among The Lacrosse Sticks, They Stumble Upon The Body Of The Unpopular Games Mistress Shot Through The Heart From Point Blank Range. The School Is Thrown Into Chaos When The Cat Strikes Again. Unfortunately, Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn Knows Too Much. In Particular, She Knows That Without Hercule Poirot S Help, She Will Be The Next Victim&
As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a man sprawled across the living room floor.
Third Girl
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Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced she is a murderer. With rumours of weapons and blood stains and no hard evidence can Poirot determine whether she's guilty, innocent or mad?
At a Halloween party, Joyce, a hostile 13-year-old, boasts that she once witnessed a murder. 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 killer.
Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict...Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sin leave long shadows'.
Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw, was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a coincidence and did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?
Curtain
A Hercule Poirot Novel
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, now aged and crippled, calls upon his old friend Captain Hastings to help him stop a murderer who is operating out of Styles Court, the scene of Poirot's first case.
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