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All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Appearing in Agatha Christie's very first novel in 1920 and her very last in 1975, Hercule Poirot became the most celebrated detective since Sherlock Holmes, appearing in 33 novels, a play, and these 51 short stories. Arranged in their original publication order, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through his many film and television appearances. This new edition now also includes Poirot and the Regatta Mystery, an early version of an Agatha Christie story not published since 1936!

Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. Theyll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys. their isolated estate, and invite only bright young things. But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death--and cause for alarm. For the guests may not be all that they appear. And as whispers of a strange club called Seven Dials echo through the halls of Chimneys, all hands will be pointing to murder...

Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, Black Coffee brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his little grey cells one more deliciously deductive time... An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee. Poirot soon identifies a potent brew of despair, treachery, and deception amid the mansions occupants. Now he must find the formula and the killer...while letting no poison slip twix his low lips.

Un brillante y algo bohemio diplomático vuela a Londres. Debido al clima, el avión aterriza en Francfort donde una joven le pide prestada su capa y pasaporte para poder salvar la vida. Accede y la muchacha desparece, pero el incidente no terminará ahí...

'Hagamos que la justicia fluya como las aguas y que la rectitud sea siempre un arroyo perenne', decía A. Rafield al final de una carta póstuma, cuyo autor, amigo de Miss Marple, le anuncia un cuantioso legado a condición de resolver un crimen en un año.

Un peculiar anuncio da lugar a que algunos se decidan a consultar a Parker Pyne sus problemas, los cuales, indefectiblemente, son resueltos por el orondo detective y sus directos colaboradores: la espectacular Madeleine de Sara y el atractivo Lutrell.

Wer diesen Mann ins Jenseits befordert, tut ein gutes Werk - das sagt sogar Hochwurden. Als der Colonel ermordet wird, haben eine ganze Menge Leute ein Motiv - und ein handfestes Alibi. Nur Miss Marple kann dem trickreichen Tater auf die Spur kommen.Agatha Christie, Schopferin von Miss Marple, gilt als grote und beruhmteste Kriminalautorin des 20. Jahrhunderts. Geboren in Torquay in der Grafschaft Devon, wuchs sie zunachst in England auf, ging dann zum Gesangstudium nach Paris. Kurz nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg heiratete sie den Colonel Archibald Christie. 1920 veroffentlichte sie ihren ersten Kriminalroman, der zugleich der Beginn des 'goldenen Zeitalters' des Kriminalromans kennzeichnet. Ihre Romane wurden stets Bestseller und in insgesamt rund 100 Sprachen ubersetzt. Die Gesamtauflage ihrer Bucher liegt weit uber 400 Millionen Exemplaren. 1956 wurde sie von Konigin Elizabeth zur 'Dame Commander Order of the British Empire' ernannt. Sie starb im Jahre 1976.

Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: Henrietta. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool.