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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

La primissima raccolta di superbi racconti con Hercule Poirot e il capitano Hastings... Prima il mistero della star del cinema e del diamante... poi il "suicidio" che era un omicidio... il mistero dellappartamento assurdo... una morte sospetta in una sala darmi chiusa a chiave... una rapina da un milione di dollari in obbligazioni... la maledizione della tomba di un faraone... un furto di gioielli in riva al mare... il rapimento di un primo ministro... la scomparsa di un banchiere... una telefonata di un uomo morente... e, infine, il mistero del testamento scomparso. Cosa lega questi casi affascinanti? Solo le brillanti capacita deduttive di Hercule Poirot!

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A gruesome murder takes place on a luxurious cruise on the Nile. Agatha Christie takes us into a world of mystery, intrigue and deadly riddles in her classic "Murder on the Nile".The wealthy heiress Linnet Ridgeway has everything one could wish for: Beauty, wealth and a charming fiance. But when she embarks on a honeymoon with her newlywed husband, Simon Doyle, she has no idea that her life is in danger.Aboard the steamship Karnak, we meet a host of fascinating characters: the mysterious Egyptologist Dr. Bessner, the enigmatic writer Salome Otterbourne, the obscure lawyer Andrew Pennington, and many others. Each of them seems to have a motive to get Linnet out of the way.When Linnet is found dead in her cabin one evening, confusion reigns. Who is the murderer? Was it the jealous ex-fiance who feels betrayed? Or is someone else entirely behind the crime?The famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is also on board and takes up the investigation. With his sharp mind and incomparable powers of observation, he gradually unravels the web of lies and deception that surrounds the passengers.

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 pharoahs 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 Hercule Poirot!

Dos historias de Agatha Christie: Le Noël d'Hercule Poirot (1938) y Christmas Pudding (1960)

A perfect introduction to Agatha Christie - four of the best Hercule Poirot stories, chosen for their readability and sense of adventure. A man is found shot through the head in a locked room. A wealthy banker vanishes while posting a letter. A thief disappears with a haul of rubies and emeralds. And, in the golden sands of Egypt, the men who discovered an ancient tomb are dying one by one ...Hercule Poirot, the fussy Belgian detective with the egg-shaped head and immaculate moustache, solved some of the world's most puzzling crimes. This book contains four of the very best stories, selected by John Curran, author of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, and Sophie Hannah, who wrote the brand new Hercule Poirot novel, The Monogram Murders. Includes the stories 'The Double Clue', 'The Market Basing Mystery', 'The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim' and 'The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb'.

Un cadre bien délimité - le Vallon, propriété de la toujours belle Lucy Angkatell ; des suspects en nombre restreint ; pour Hercule Poirot, l''assassinat du médecin John Christow pourrait ressembler aux affaires dont il a l''habitude.Mais, cette fois-ci, tous les indices menent a des impasses, tous les soupçons se revelent injustifies. Comme si une intelligence non moins redoutable que celle du petit detective a moustaches s''appliquait a brouiller les pistes.Qui veut-on donc proteger ? Et pourquoi ? Le lecteur ne le saura qu''aux dernieres pages.Et Poirot s''inclinera devant un adversaire a sa mesure.

Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled across an advertisement in "The Times" which read "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr Parker Pyne".

A crime novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who travels to France following an urgent plea for help from a client, but he arrives late and the client is found dead. Before Poirot can begin to assess the clues, a second corpse is found, murdered in the same way as his client.

A ruthless international cartel seeks world dominationFramed in the doorway of Poirots bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The mans gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was 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. From The Queen of Crime Agathe Christie.

Lymstock was a town with more than its fair share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail caused only a minor stir. But all that changed when Mrs Symmington c

Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia. The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles — until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret…