Les Quatre Grands (titre original en anglais "The Big Four") est un roman policier dAgatha Christie publié en 1927. Le livre met en scène le célèbre détective belge, Hercule Poirot, qui se retrouve f
In Agatha Christies short story, The Case of the Missing Will, Poirot must help clever student Violet Marsh meet the terms of an unusual will by her Uncle Andrew. She must live in his house for a month and prove her wits if she is ever to receive his fortune. But is there another will? This short story originally appeared in the October 31, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
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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!
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…
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?
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