"The Secret Adversary" is a novel by British writer Agatha Christie written in 1922 and in which Tommy and Tuppence characters first appear: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.
A brand new Radio 4 dramatisation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery. Lady Tresselian invites several guests to stay at her seaside house at Gulls Point. Against her better judgment she has allowed handsome tennis ace Neville Strange and his wife Kay, to come at the same time as Nevilles ex-wife Audrey. Neville is the ward of Lady Tresselians late husband. Other guests include Mary, Lady Tresselians companion; Ted, Kays ever-present friend; Thomas, a family friend who has just returned from spending the war in Africa, and Lady Tresselians old friend Lord Justice Treves. When Mr. Treves dies suddenly, and Lady Tresselian is murdered in her bed, the house party is thrown into turmoil. It is left to Scotland Yards Detective Inspector Leach and Mr. Macwhirter, an ex-detective who happens to be another house guest, to solve the case.
Una acaudalada viuda, Emily Inglethorp, ha contraído matrimonio con un hombre veinte años más joven. Sus familiares ven en él a un cazafortunas que trata de arrebatarles la herencia. Una noche la naciana muere tras terribles convulsiones y se demuestra que ha sido envenenada con estricnina.El misterioso caso de Styles es el primer libro de Agatha Christie, escrito en 1920 mientras colaboraba en una farmacia de la Cruz Roja durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, lo que le proporciono grandes conocimientos sobre diversos venenos. Este libro presenta a tres de sus mas relevantes personajes, Poirot, Hastings, su fiel amigo y ayudante, y el Inspector Japp.
Dieser Band enthält - links englisch, rechts deutsch - drei Erzählungen von Klassikern der englischen Kiminal-Literatur: Edgar Wallace, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers. Ob die Spannung durch ein einfaches Rezept oder durch ein raffiniertes Know how erzeugt wird - gleichviel: spannend sind die Geschichten!
Some secret plans have survived the sinking of the Lusitania, and amateur sleuths Tommy and Tuppence are on the trail of international spies in order to recover them. ''Young Adventurers Limited'' is a brand new private detective agency, set up by the dashing Tommy Beresford and the resourceful Tuppence Cowley. Their first assignment is to track down some secret documents which disappeared after the sinking of the Lusitania. Soon they are on the trail of the mysterious Mr Brown, the head of an international gang of crooks - and in more danger than they bargained for! The wartime sinking of the Lusitania off the Irish coast in May 1915 shocked the world. Returning to Britain from New York, the cruise ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, and 1,198 passengers lost their lives. It provided the perfect backdrop for Agatha Christie''s second published novel, an ambitious spy story, now faithfully adapted by Francois Riviere and Belgian artist Frank Leclercq. 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.
Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case.
The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings...First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond! then came the 'suicide' that was murder! the mystery of the absurdly chaep 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 willl. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of ...
Agatha ChristieWhen Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel, it was most intriguing. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime, but failed to tell her who was involved, or where and when the crime had been committed.
