Agatha Christie
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 4
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Four men including a master murderer match wits in a diabolical effort to control the earthIt is clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister is 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 is due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group...
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"Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one ... as one by one ... they begin to die. Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?"--Page 4 of cover.
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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises: "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddowcks at 6:30 p.m." A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When the lights come back on, a gruesome scene is...
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"For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a woman's throat. She watched on as the body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Mrs. McGillicuddy's friend Jane Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there are no other witnesses, no suspects, and no case. How could there be, with no corpse...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 13
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It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths - Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service; and the incomparable Hercule Poirot -An enjoyable evening of bridge turns into a murder investigation when the flamboyant host Mr. Shaitana is found dead. Can the four invited investigators Hercule Poirot, Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race and Ariadne Oliver...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 12
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"I have arrived", said the note. Louise Leidner claimed the writer had followed her halfway around the world and was now coming to kill her. But the others on the dig in Iraq thought the archeologist's wife was suffering from hysteria. Nurse Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could...
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After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit party for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy.
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In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, a young drifter finds more than he bargained for. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would land him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger. As events unfold, the combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Sûreté gradually converge on...
12) N or M?
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"It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from 'the enemy within'--Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man and a woman from among the colorful guests at Sans Souci, a seaside hotel. But this assignment is no stroll along the promenade--N...
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"Six years have passed since the Beresfords first began their sleuthing partnership and marriage in 'The Secret Adversary'. Tommy now has a desk job with the British Secret Service, and Tuppence is at home. But when the chief of British Intelligence calls upon them to take over the International Detective Agency, which has been a tool of the Bolsheviks involved in spying activities, both are ready for a new adventure. Tommy poses as Mr. Blunt, the...
14) The regatta mystery and other stories: featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Mr. Parker Pyne
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William Morrow
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2012.
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English
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2022]
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In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love - crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly affairs. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all on the ready to solve a tantalizing mystery.
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Booket
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2022.
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Sr. Brown: Tommy y Tuppence, dos j�ovenes escasos de dinero e inquietos por la emoci�on, se embarcan en un atrevido plan de negocios--Young Adventurers Ltd. Su primera misi�on, para el siniestro Sr. Whittington, los sumerge en m�as peligro que nunca imaginado.
Mr. Brown: Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme--Young Adventurers Ltd. Their first assignment, for the...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 11
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A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed.
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