The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie [93]
‘Excellent,’ he said. ‘He’s scratch, isn’t he? He and I can play together in the foursomes in the Autumn Meeting.’
The Mysterious Affair At Styles
POIROT’S FIRST CASE
Agatha Christie
Peril to the detective who says: “It is so small–it does not matter…” Everything matters.’
When Emily Inglethorpe is found murdered, Captain Hastings calls for help from an old friend: a certain Belgian detective who has grown bored of retirement.
A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias–only Poirot could unravel an ingenious crime from these few intriguing clues.
‘Almost too ingenious.’
Times Literary Supplement
ISBN-13 978-0-00-711927-1
Murder on the Orient Express
POIROT
Agatha Christie
‘The murderer is with us–on the train now…’
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, Hercule Poirot knows that the millionaire Simon Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.
Isolated by the storm and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer amongst a dozen of the dead man’s enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again…
‘Very real, and keeps readers enthralled and guessing to the end.’
Times Literary Supplement
ISBN-13 978-0-00-711931-8
The ABC Murders
POIROT
Agatha Christie
‘Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.’
There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet, and the whole country is in a state of panic.
A is for Mrs Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident–but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal mistake…
‘An entirely original idea.’
Daily Telegraph
‘Christie is to be congratulated on the perfection of her invention.’
The Times
ISBN-13 978-0-00-711929-5
Five Little Pigs
POIROT
Agatha Christie
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other ‘little pigs’ who could have done it: 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 her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried all the way home.
Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind…
‘Mrs Christie as usual puts a ring through the reader’s nose and leads him to one of her smashing last-minute showdowns.’
Observer
‘The answer to the riddle is brilliant.’
Times Literary Supplement
ISBN-13 978-0-00-712073-4
Lord Edgware Dies
POIROT
Agatha Christie
When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen to visit him just before his death and Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to ‘get rid’ of him.
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? It’s a case that almost proves to be too much for the great Hercule Poirot.
‘The whole case is a triumph of Poirot’s special qualities.’
Times Literary Supplement
ISBN-13 978-0-00-712074-1
The Hollow
POIROT
Agatha Christie
A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell’s country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water and his wife stands over him, holding a revolver.
But as Poirot investigates, he begins to realize that beneath the respectable surface lies a tangle of family secrets and everyone becomes a suspect.
‘A grade-A plot–the best Christie in years.’
San Francisco Chronicle