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…
When a number of leading scientists disappear without trace, concern grows within the intelligence services. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? One woman appears to hold the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betterton now lies dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.
In Agatha Christies short story, The Mystery of Hunters Lodge, Poirot and Hastings are enlisted by a Mr Roger Havering to help investigate the murder of his aristocrat uncle at his hunting lodge. Hastings discusses the murder with the housekeeper on the scene, but Poirot quickly deduces that her story doesnt add up.
Una tabla pesada que sale en la cabecera de una cama. Una roca cae por un acantilado y se estrella en la pista. Los frenos de un coche en descenso... Y finalmente, una bala perdida que viene para quedarse en un sombrero! Para Hercules Poirot, de vacaciones en la costa sur de Inglaterra, no hay duda...
From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No. 13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realise was that behind him, in seat No. 2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.
In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a séance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: Captain Trevelyan… dead… murder.
Mabel, uma sobrinha de Miss Marple, é acusada de ter assassinado seu violento marido. Quando arsênico é encontrado na casa, ela alega que pretendia cometer suicídio. Mas quem está dizendo a verdade?
