Poirot Joue Le Jeu

Jane Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a mysterious visitor is found shot dead in another part of the building.

They do it with mirrors

La riche et séduisante Linnet Ridgeway part en Égypte en voyage de noces avec son mari Mr Doyle. Rejoints par des amis et Hercule Poirot, le séjour semble s'annoncer sous les meilleurs auspices. Jusqu'au moment où Linnet est retrouvée assassinée. Les crimes mystérieux se succèdent et il faudra toute la perspicacité du célèbre détective pour confondre le coupable...

Mort sur le Nil

The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.

Les Indiscrétions D'hercule Poirot

All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. This collection of short stories features Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and, of course, Poirot - who finds his skills tested to the full.

Problem at Pollensa bay

‘Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,’ declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ‘would be doing the world at large a favour!’ It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later – when the colonel was found shot dead in the clergyman’s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.

L'affaire Protheroe

"Je suis censée m'atteler à un roman policier mais, succombant à la tentation naturelle de l'écrivain d'écrire tout sauf ce dont il est convenu, me voilà prise du désir inattendu de rédiger mon autobiographie" Publiée pour la première fois en 1977 en Angleterre, l'autobiographie d'Agatha Christie nous permet d'entrer dans l'intimité d'une femme au destin incroyable. Sacrée "reine du crime" de son vivant, elle connut un succès mondial. C'est avec un humour ravageur qu'elle se raconte : ses souvenirs d'enfance, le naufrage de son premier mariage, sa relation particulière avec sa fille et , bien sûr, sa passion pour le suspense et la littérature... Mais ce que l'on retiendra surtout chez cette femme qui met si bien la mort en scène, c'est son admirable appétit de vivre.

Une autobiographie

Lorsque la richissime Emily Inglethorp est retrouvée empoisonnée dans son manoir de Styles, les soupçons se portent rapidement sur son très jeune mari, Alfred Inglethorp. Mais le verdict paraît trop évident au colonel Hastings, qui décide de faire appel à son vieux compagnon Hercule Poirot. Ce dernier met alors tout en oeuvre pour découvrir à qui pourrait profiter le crime. Car il y a aussi les beaux-enfants de Mme Inglethorp, et Cynthia, la protégée de la défunte : tous auraient pu se procurer la strychnine qui a servi à la tuer. Les maigres indices ne faciliteront pas la tâche d'Hercule Poirot et mettront à l'épreuve sa perspicacité légendaire... Première publication en français : 1932

La Mystérieuse Affaire de Styles

Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their first assignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do in their first job is take an all-expense paid trip to Paris and pose as an American named Jane Finn. But with the assignment comes a bribe to keep quiet, a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her new employer. Now their newest job are playing detective.Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention of her name produces a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missing for five years. And neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now post-war England's economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back. But he two young working undercover for the British ministry know only that her name and the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. It isn’t long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined—a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business… and their lives.

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