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[2004]
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Richard Abernathie, head of the dysfunctional Abernathie clan, died a natural death--or so his family believes. But his sister, Cora, drops a bombshell--she believes Richard was murdered. Poirot is summoned to look into Cora's charges, but his investigation us interrupted by yet another bombshell--Cora is herslf brutally murdered, leaving Poirot with two murder caes on his hands.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
One of London's richest and most mysterious men, Mr. Shaitana, invites Poirot, the crime writer of Araidne Oliver, two of Poirot's fellow sleuths, and several others to his sumptuous apartment for dinner and bridge. But the evening takes a deadly turn when the host is found stabbed through the heart and the four sleuths must find the killer among them.
63) Murder is easy
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English
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"Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood and that her local doctor is next in line. But within hours, Miss Pinkerton has been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke is inclined to think so--until he reads in the Times of the unexpected demise of Wychwood's Dr. Humbleby ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
While traveling on the famed Blue Train to the French Riviera, Inspector Poirot meets a motley collection of socialites that include the beautiful Ruth Kettering and her American oil magnate father, Rufus Van Aldin, Ruthe is accompanied by her scoundrel of a husband, Derek, and her lover, La Roche. It's an unhealthy situation--and Poirot finds out just how unhealthy when one of them is found murdered.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When businessman Gordon Cloade is killed during the London Blitz, his exttensive fortune is left to his young widow, Rosaleen. Not willing to risk losing the entire family fortune to an outsider, the Cloade family attemos to recoup their money by claiming Rosaleen's first husband is still alive. But the mystery deepens when a man who just may be the husband turns up dead, and Poirot is left to solve this baffling case.
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English
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"Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. Their first case is a success-the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow-a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. But can they live up to their slogan of "Any case solved in 24...
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Pub. Date
2006
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3 videodiscs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Match wits with Poirot in a mystery involving a country-house game of murder turned real (Dead man's folly); a movie star turned amateur detective (Murder in three acts); and, a dinner party turned deadly (Thirteen at dinner).
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English
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The gruesome death of Mrs. McGinty provokes Superintendent Spence to seek the help of his old ally Hercule Poirot. The victim'a young lodger has been found guilty and is due to hang. But Spence is not convinced by the circumstantial evidence which influenced the verdict. So, at considerable personal discomfort, Poirot goes down to the sleepy village where the old lady lived and where, by chance, his good friend Ariadne Oliver is also staying There...
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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters-- brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Poirot as...
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English
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It was a typical Dickens' Christmas -- deep snow everywhere -- and down in the little village of Sittaford on the fringe of Dartmoor, the snow was the deepest of all. Mrs. Willett, the winter tenant in Captain Trevelyan's country house, had given a party and the guests were now snowbound. They decided to do a little table-turning, and suddenly the table announced that Captain Trevelyan was dead. His oldest friend, Major Burnaby, was disturbed, and...
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English
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"Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary--"rosemary for remembrance." A strange sentiment considering no one is likely to forget the night, exactly a year ago, that Rosemary Barton died at exactly the same table, her beautiful face unrecognizable, convulsed with pain and horror. But then Rosemary had always been memorable-she had the ability to arouse strong passions in...
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2012.
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English
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Hilary Craven is about to end her life when Jessop, a British agent, asks her help in finding several of the world's leading scientists who have recently vanished. Assuming the identity of a physicist's wife, she infiltrates a secret Moroccan laboratory and discovers a global conspiracy. The information she has could cost her her life, just when she has realized how much she wants to live.
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2012.
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251 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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When Mrs. Packington's husband begins keeping regular company with an office girl, she turns to Mr. Parker Pyne, master of the human soul, for help, in the first of a series of cases that take him from London to the Middle East.
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[2015]
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12 videodiscs (1,002 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Appearances can be deceiving and never more so than with Agatha Christie₂s spinster sleuth. She may look like a sweet old lady, but her demure hat and sensible tweeds conceal a superior intelligence and steely resolve. And although her eyes twinkle, they don't miss a clue.
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2018.
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Español
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En un lugar aislado de la antigua Yugoslavia, en plena madrugada, una fuerte tormenta de nieve obstaculiza la línea férrea por donde circula el Orient Express. Procedente de la exótica Estambul, en él viaja el detective Hércules Poirot, que repentinamente se topa con uno de los casos más desconcertantes de su carrera: en el compartimiento vecino ha sido asesinado Samuel E. Ratchett mientras dormía, pese a que ningún indicio trasluce un móvil...
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2018
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Español
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Durante unas placenteras vacaciones en Egipto, el detective Hércules Poirot coincide con Linnet y Simon, unos conocidos que están de luna de miel en el país de los faraones. El encanto de tan maravillosos días se rompe cuando una mañana, en el transcurso de un crucero por el Nilo, la bella Linnet aparece muerta de un disparo en la cabeza. ¿Será capaz Poirot de encontrar al asesino de la joven esposa? ¿Podrá discernir entre imaginación y...
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En plena Nochebuena, Simeon Lee, un anciano de carácter insoportable, yace muerto en medio de un charco de sangre, con la garganta partida en dos. Cerca de la mansión, Poirot celebra las Fiestas hasta que es convocado a resolver el caso; desconcertado, en lugar de una familia destrozada por el crimen, encuentra un inquietante ambiente de intriga y sospecha. Parece que todos tienen motivos para matar al viejo Lee. ¿Quién es el culpable?
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2022
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Español
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Diez personas que no se han visto nunca son invitadas por un huésped desconocido a pasar unos días de vacaciones en una lujosa mansión situada en una isla de la costa inglesa. Cada uno de los invitados tiene algo que esconder, y un crimen por el que debe pagar. Empieza la pesadilla. «El logro más colosal de una carrera colosal». New Statesman «Todo esto es completamente imposible y absolutamente fascinante. Es el misterio más desconcertante...
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