Contient-Le chat et les pigeons-Christmas pudding-Le cheval pâle-Le miroir se brisa-Les pendules-Le major parlait trop

Tome 11: Les Annees 1958-1964

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

 When Mr. Satterthswaite visits a new exhibit at the Harchester Galleries there is one painting with a male figure that bares a more than unusual likeness to a mysterious acquaintance of his, a Mr. Quin. And with one bold move purchases the canvas on the spot, and in another invites the artist of 'The Dead Harlequin' to dine with him that night. The dinner gets off on the wrong foot with the artist emphatically disagreeing with most points and an empty place at the table ready for the mysterious Mr. Quin to arrive. Conversation soon turns to the setting of 'The Dead Harlequin, ' the doomed and ghostly house, Charnley, where so many have perished under tragic circumstances. But when a new guest is announced, it is not the expected Mr. Quin, but, famed stage comic actress Aspasia Glen, and she wants, above all else, that very painting. But, in the very moment he begins to explain she can't have it a frantic telephone call from Alix Charnley herself interrupts them with the very same request. What is the meaning of the painting, and can it shed any light upon the grave happenings at Charnley.

The Dead Harlequin - An Agatha Christie Short Story

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

 Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England is owned by the last remaining heir and is a house ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays selected music and dinner is timed exactly by the resounding gong, no matter to trifle with. Rushing down at the hearing of the second, or is it the first gong, Joan Ashby is about to find out that not only is dinner delayed, but, she is about to hear a sound that no one can explain. Everyone is thrown into disarray when Old Hubert never materialises and instead a new guest is announced. The new guest is Hercule Poirot himself. What unfolds is a mystery of lovers, michalmas daisies and a death that is not as it appears.

The Second Gong - A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Le Mysterieux mr Quinn / Un meurtre est-il facile?

Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw, was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a coincidence and did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?

Poirot's early cases

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

 A poor widow contemplates marrying the wrong man - all for the sake of her beloved dog. A wonderful little story by the Queen of Crime for dog lovers everywhere.

Next to a Dog - An Agatha Christie Short Story

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

 Plans for a secret bomber plane have been stolen from a minister's house. Poirot is called to discreetly investigate the guests and to locate the plans before they fall into the enemy's hands.

The Incredible Theft - A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Quand Hercule Poirot reçoit la lettre anonyme d'un certain « A.B.C », il est plutôt inquiet. L'auteur du pli, apparemment très joueur, souhaite défier le détective : il lui annonce la date et le lieu de ses crimes. L'assassin tue par ordre alphabétique... et semble agir sous l'effet d'une obsession définie.

Tome 11: Les Annees 1958-1964

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