Uma jovem e rica americana é encontrada morta no trem de Bristol a Plymouth, e suas valiosas joias foram roubadas. As suspeitas de Poirot incluem o marido, jogador endividado, o amante francês e a cr
Agatha ChristieWhen Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral, suddenly takes on a chilling significance.
Linnet Doyle is young, beautiful, and rich. She's the girl who has everything-- including the man her best friend loves. Linnet and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they meet the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet Poirot has a vague, uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss...
In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits. . . A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed. . . While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible. . . In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.Only the Queen of Mystery could have conceived such delicious treats for suspense lovers. Only the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple could solve them with such chilling perfection.