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Todo el mundo sabe que Agatha Christie fue una de las más prolíficas y exitosas escritoras de su tiempo. Lo que muchos no saben es que, gracias a su matrimonio con el prestigioso arqueólogo británico Max Mallowan, recorrio todo el Oriente Medio acompañando a su marido. Ven y dime como vives es el testimonio escrito de varias temporadas de excavacion arqueologica en Siria e Irak, en respuesta a las innumerables preguntas que sus amistades y conocidos le hacian acerca del tipo de vida que llevaban en esos lugares. Las peripecias y aventuras de este grupo de occidentales son narradas por la gran escritora con la agudeza propia de la hipercivilizada Gran Bretaña; porque, al fin y al cabo, ¿que problema no puede sortearse con una buena dosis de sentido del humor o una taza de te bien cargado?

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive siezure. But who was the deadly poison really intended for?

The exotic murder mystery, adapted into a lavish full-colour comic book for the first time. 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! Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christie''s books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young and old for their ingenious plots and immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks and award-winning films, plays and television series. Now words and pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories -- full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories and offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the world''s most popular and exciting mysteries.

At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to die...Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor''s house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison -- just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive!

Monsieur Poirot and Captain Hastings embark on a round-the-world trip to defeat the criminal masterminds who call themselves The Big Four, in a thrilling new comic book adaptation. Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christie''s books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young and old for their ingenious plots and immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks and award-winning films, plays and television series. Now words and pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories -- full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories and offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the world''s most popular and exciting mysteries. Framed in the doorway of Poirot''s bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man''s gaunt face stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is 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''.

A man is killed by a tube train, and a young girl sets off on an international adventure to find the murderers in this exciting new comic strip adaptation. Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christie''s books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young and old for their ingenious plots and immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks and award-winning films, plays and television series. Now words and pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories -- full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories and offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the world''s most popular and exciting mysteries. Pretty, young Anne has come to London looking for adventure, but adventure finds her when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance on the platform at Hyde Park Corner station and is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. Who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before racing off? Anne is determined to follow him!

A seance in a snowbound Dartmoor house predicts a grisly murder...In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: ''Captain Trevelyan! dead! murder.'' Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snow drifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot!

A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home - but someone else dies...Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitiation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate -- shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen''s visit.

A mysterious house on a deserted island, far from the rest of the world. Ten people who have never met before, united only by the fact that they all have a disturbing past and brought together by an inexplicable series of invitations. A mysterious guest who never shows up. And an absurd childrens nursery rhyme that returns obsessively, implacably punctuating a succession of murders. Ten Little Indians (1939) is Agatha Christies masterpiece and one of the peaks of the suspense novel. "The book, born of a long elaboration phase, filled me with satisfaction. It was clear, straightforward and at the same time disconcerting, Christie recounted in her autobiography, recalling the laborious genesis of her most widely read and best-loved novel, with multiple adaptations for theatre, film and television.

A luxurious journey aboard the Orient Express turns into a race against time when a murder is committed. Detective Hercule Poirot interrogates the suspects during a long stop in the mountains of Yugo