Un joven ex policía coincide en el tren con una solterona que le cuenta extrañas historias de 'un loco que se dedica a matar a gente que merece morir'. Además, le anuncia que la siguiente víctima ser
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again... and again...
Tout le monde l'a remarqué à l'hôtel Salomon : cette Américaine qui visite la Palestine avec sa famille est une mégère tyrannique et les siens vivent terrorisés. "Il ne nous reste plus qu'à la tuer"
Ce n'est pas très joli de voler le fiancé de sa meilleure amie. Et même si l'amie en question semble se résigner, la ravissante et riche Linnet Ridgeway a bien des raisons d'être inquiète... Surtout
Miss Pebmarsh est aveugle et elle a été bien surprise d'apprendre qu'il y avait le corps d'un inconnu derrière son canapé.Et d'où viennent ces pendules - toutes en avance d'une heure - qui encombren
Famous painter Amyas Crale's wife was sentenced to life in prison for murdering him. Now, after sixteen years, their daughter has presented Hercule Poirot with a challenge: clear her mother's name by returning to the scene of the murder to find out the shocking truth behind the perfect crime.
It was not unusual to find the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only on this occasion there was no sun...her beautiful bronzed body had been strangled to death.
"For God''s sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld''s urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead-stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There''s no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored-and each felt deserving of the dead man''s fortune. The police think they''ve found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right. "A remarkably good detective story." -The New York Times "The plot is clever [and] the suspense is well kept up. What more need one ask of a detective story?" -Literary Review
