A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

 Regretting her actions Daphne St John needs to return a diamond she stole from a friend. But without the owner being any the wiser. After worrying herself out of sleep she enlists the help of Parker Pyne to give the diamond back and ease her guilty conscience.

The Case of the Distressed Lady - An Agatha Christie Short Story

"Venez, pour l'amour du ciel ! " , c'est ainsi que se termine la lettre en forme d'appel à l'aide que reçoit Hercule Poirot. Elle est signée d'un certain Paul Renauld, un millionnaire qui demande au célèbre enquêteur belge de le rejoindre d'urgence dans le nord de la France. Mais le temps qu'Hercule Poirot arrive, l'homme est retrouvé assassiné sur un parcours de golf. Poirot s'intéresse aussitôt à la famille. Avec un tel héritage, les motifs sont sûrement nombreux... D'autant que l'arme du crime, un poignard, est un cadeau fait à Mme Renauld par son fils. La finesse d'analyse d'Hercule Poirot, l'ingénuité du capitaine Hastings, les secrets de famille et de jeunesse... Le Crime du golf, l'un des tout premiers Poirot, est sans conteste une oeuvre emblématique de la reine du crime, et on ne s'en lasse pas ! Traduction révisée de Françoise Bouillot

Le crime du golf - Edition fac-similé prestige

A spellbinding novel of romantic obsession.

 Vernon Deyre is a sensitive and brilliant musician, even a genius. But there is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life. His sheltered childhood in the home he loves has not prepared Vernon for the harsh reality of his adult years, and in order to write the great masterpiece of his life, he has to make a crucial decision with no time left to count the cost.

 Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

Giant'S Bread

First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries starring Christie's most popular sleuth, the ever-dignified Hercule Poirot. The introductory chapter of the collection sets up the rest of the book. At a dinner party, another guest compares the labors of Poirot to those of Hercules, and the little Belgian is not amused. He has already decided to retire, but makes up his mind to take on 12 great cases - each somehow reflecting the labors accomplished by Hercules - as a farewell to crime solving. All of the cases are quite different from each other, from searching for a lost poet to hunting down a particularly ferocious murderer, from solving mysterious deaths of religious cult members to saving a young would-be politician from potential blackmailers. Frequent Christie interpreter Hugh Fraser brings stories like The Cretan Bull and The Apples of the Hesperides to dazzling life.

Les Travaux d'Hercule

Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. For here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident – the broken body of a woman was discovered on the rocks at the foot of the cliff. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies – a husband and wife – shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into a crime committed 15 years earlier and discovers that, when there is a distinct lack of physical evidence, it’s just as well that ‘old sins leave long shadows.'This story is part of Agatha Christie’s murder in retrospect series, a collection of stories which look at a crime several years after the fact, piecing together testimonials and witness reports to finally uncover the truth. This time we see Mrs Oliver’s goddaughter, attempting to find out the truth about her deceased parents – who killed whom?

Une mémoire d'éléphant

Miss Marple, en vacances aux Antilles, se livre a sa distraction favorite: etudier les hotes de son hotel. Le Major Palgrave ne cesse de l'accabler du recit de ses exploits. Mais le Major parle trop. il meurt. Pourquoi a-t-on tue cet inoffensif vieillard, et qui ? Cette mort, apparemment naturelle, cache un crime. Miss Marple decouvrira-t-elle le coupable ?"

Le major parlait trop

1940. Tommy et Tuppence Beresford - as du contre-espionnage durant la Grande Guerre - bouillent d'impatience - se lamentant qu'on refuse de mettre a profit leurs competences. Trop vieux ! Ils ont depasse la quarantaine... C'est a ce moment qu'un agent du 2e bureau propose a Tommy une mission: debusquer un agent nazi, installe - soupconne-t-on - dans une paisible station balneaire. Bien entendu, Tommy accepte, sans toutefois reveler a sa femme le vrai but de sa mission. Tuppence, fine mouche, surprendra son secret. Quel beau tandem ils feront, chacun sous un faux nom ! Leur sejour dans cette pension au nom idyllique de Sans souci ne sera pas de tout repos..."

N ou M ?

Murder of the Orient-Express

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra.

 Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.

 With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met.

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