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What reason would an amiable dentist like Dr. Morely have for committing suicide? He didn't have emotional difficulties, money problems, or love trouble. What he did have was an appointment with Hercule Poirot, who is not persuaded by the suicide story and has therefore taken it upon himself to questions the good doctor's patients, partners, and friends. All he's come up with is the numbing fear that Dr. Morely wasn't an unlikely victim at all. Nor...
62) Postern of fate
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"Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturally."...
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A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman! Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhym.
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"A stunning omnibus that gathers together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie?s most famous creations, Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as the typical old maid of fiction, Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature ? and used this incredible ability to ferret our murderers and solve crimes....
65) Towards zero
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"I like a good detective story, but they begin in the wrong place! They begin with the murder. But the murder is the end. The story begins long before that." So remarks esteemed criminologist Mr. Treves. Truer words have never been spoken, for a psychopathic killer has insinuated himself, with cunning manipulation, into a quiet village on the river Tern. But who is his intended victim? What are his unfathomable motives? And how and when will he reach...
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Agatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead.
Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy? If
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Jane Marple murder mysteries volume 8
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[1986]
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216 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Miss Jane Marple finds herself investigating murder when, at the urging of Ruth Van Rydock who has premonitions of foul play, she visits Stonygates, home of her friend Carrie Louise Serrocold and a treatment center for juvenile delinquents.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 1
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2012.
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xvii, 247 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot In the village. When the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 32
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2023.
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"At a Halloween party, Joyce--a surly thirteen-year-old--boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Famed detective Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate. Set against a night of trickery and the occult, it's up to Poirot to uncover the real evil presence responsible for this ghastly deed."--Amazon.
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[1980]
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471 pages ; 22 cm
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A Body in the Library: When Colonel and Mrs. Bantry find the corpse of a beautiful girl in their library, they rely upon their good friend Miss Marple to unravel the crime.
A Murder is Announced: When a murder mystery game is announced in the personal column of the village newspaper, all the residents of Little Paddocks plan to attend, but the parlor game quickly goes terribly wrong, prompting a visit from Miss Marple.
Murder with Mirrors: Miss...
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2011.
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299 pages ; 21 cm
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"How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes? Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases? each a miniature classic...
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Through the window of her first class coach, Mrs. McGillicuddy sees a woman being strangled in a passing train. No one believes her except her good friend Miss Marple. Now the inimitable sleuth must find a body and match wits with a killer. - Publisher.
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[1975]
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377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Contains two complete novels: Curtain and The mysterious affair at Styles.
Curtain: The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings in their final appearances in Christie's works. It is a country house novel, with all the characters and the murder set in one house. Not only does the novel return the characters to the setting of her first, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, but it reunites Poirot and Hastings, who last appeared together in Dumb...
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2022.
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214 pages ; 19 cm.
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La primera novela de Agatha Christie presenta a los personajes de Hercule Poirot, el inspector jefe Japp y el capitán Arthur Hastings. En medio de la Primera Guerra Mundial, los residentes de Styles se despiertan una mañana y descubren que Emily Inglethorpe ha sido fatalmente envenenada. El Capitán Hastings, que se queda con la familia, solicita la ayuda de su viejo amigo, el detective belga Hercule Poirot. Con la evidencia acumulada contra un...
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2023.
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173 pages ; 20 cm
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Español
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Son las siete de la mañana. Los Bantry se despiertan con una desagradable sorpresa: el cuerpo inerte de una joven mujer desconocida en su biblioteca. Lleva un vestido de noche y bastante maquillaje, que ahora embadurna sus mejillas. Pero, ¿quién es ella? ¿Cómo llegó allí? ¿Y cuál es la conexión con otra chica muerta, cuyos restos carbonizados más tarde se descubrió en una cantera abandonada? Los respetables Bantry invitan a Miss Marple,...
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2020.
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x, 244 pages ; 23 cm
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"There's a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter . . . It's the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories - some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple - is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect...
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