An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplaceWhen Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady.But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about something behind the fireplace, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic
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The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?. A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now in the words of the rhyme can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?.
It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from the enemy within Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man and a woman from among the colourful guests at Sans Souci, a seaside hotel. But this assignment is not to stroll along the promenade. After all, N and M have just murdered Britains finest agent...
Here is the famous first case that launched the legendary career of Hercule Poirot! The murder of a wealthy heiress has all the makings of a classic Christie mystery...
El coronel Protheroe yacía de bruces sobre el escritorio; a su alrededor se iba formando un charco con la sangre que manaba de su cabeza atravesada por un balazo. Este hecho luctuoso se ve agravado al producirse en la vicaría de un pequeño pueblo.
'¿Qué le parece si formásemos un club? Lo llamaremos el Club de los Martes. Nos reuniremos y cada uno deberá exponer un problema real y los demás competiremos para solucionarlo'. A partir de esta conversación nacen trece magníficas historias policíacas.
Hastings, amigo y colaborador de Poirot conoce, en el tren de París, a una peculiar muchacha de exótico lenguaje. Al día siguiente desayunando con Poirot en Londres, reciben una carta de un famoso millonario francés que rompe su tranquilidad.
Anthony Cade, guía turístico en Sudáfrica, recibe de un amigo una extraña misión en Inglaterra. A su llegada se ve envuelto en una telaraña de asesinatos, chantaje y traición, con luchas políticas extranjeras y una romántica y misteriosa historia de amor.
