Les sept cadrans / Le crime est notre affaire

Un soir, Hercule Poirot dîne dans un restaurant londonien. Sa table jouxte celle d'un jeune couple apparemment très épris, Jackie de Bellefort et Simon Doyle. Quelques semaines plus tard, à l'occasion d'une croisière sur le Nil, le grand détective a la surprise de retrouver Simon Doyle marié à Linett Ridgeway. S'apercevant que Jackie s'ingénie à croiser le chemin du jeune couple, Hercule Poirot sent la tragédie venir à grand pas et il a peur... Tout au long de ce dramatique chassé-croisé amoureux, Poirot, moins orgueilleux qu'à l'accoutumée, fait montre d'une grande psychologie pour cerner chacun des personnages et tenter de raisonner ce trio de jeunes gens qui court à sa perte. Dans cette intrigue poignante au suspense haletant, on retrouve ce style inimitable, si typiquement anglais, et ces irrésistibles pointes d'humour tout en finesse signées Agatha Christie. --Sophie Colpaert

Mort sur le Nil

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922.

 At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public's imagination and saw the emergence of some of the world's cleverest and most popular storytellers.

 This anthology brings together 16 forgotten tales that have either been published only once before - perhaps in a newspaper or rare magazine - or have never before appeared in print. From a previously unpublished 1917 script featuring Ernest Bramah's blind detective Max Carrados, to early 1950s crime stories written for London's Evening Standard by Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A. A. Milne, it spans five decades of writing by masters of the Golden Age.

 Most anticipated of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her 'Grand Tour' of the British Empire.

 With other stories by Detection Club stalwarts Anthony Berkeley, H. C. Bailey, J. J. Connington, John Rhode and Nicholas Blake, plus Vincent Cornier, Leo Bruce, Roy Vickers and Arthur Upfield, this essential collection harks back to a time before forensic science - when murder was a complex business.

Bodies from the Library - Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection

Dix brèves rencontres

A 21 ans, Carla apprend les circonstances de la mort de ses parents. Elle avait cinq ans au moment du drame. Accusée du meurtre de son mari, sa mère s'était suicidée en prison. Convaincue de son innocence, sa fille Carla organise une reconstitution seize ans plus tard. Pour ce faire, elle réunit toutes les personnes présentes le jour du crime. Quia tué le père de Carla ?

Reconstitution

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

 Mr. Parker Pyne is going through a bit of a palaver trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less than comfortable arrangement on the aeroplane. But, with the help of an amused German pilot he soon navigates his way around. The pilot, Herr Schlagel's thoughts are dominated by the mysterious and sudden death of one of his last passengers, a 'flower' who was in the company of the undoubtedly mad Lady Esther at the House of Shiraz. Pyne takes the initiative, as always and writes to Lady Esther enclosing his famous advertisement and waits to see what will happen. When he arrives at the House of Shiraz he waits to see what the infamously demented Lady Esther has to say for herself and it all begins to unravel.

The House at Shiraz - An Agatha Christie Short Story

Une mort étrange frappe Mr Ferrars puis sa veuve. Lorsque l'homme qui devait épouser Mrs Ferrars, un riche gentleman nommé Roger Ackroyd, est assassiné, Hercule Poirot se pose bien des questions. C'est que l'enquête est difficile, car tous - domestiques, famille, voisins - avaient une bonne raison de souhaiter la mort d'Ackroyd.

Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd

Un homme se tient au bord du quai du métro et soudain il recule et tombe. Est-ce un accident ou un suicide?

L'Homme au complet marron

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature.

Les sept cadrans / Le crime est notre affaire

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