Un futur meurtre reflete dans un miroir; un heritier genant change en matou docile; une religieuse qui tue a distance et a volonte?Ces histoires-la auraient pu etre des enigmes policieres; elles en ont la construction, le suspense? Pourtant, les limiers de Scotland Yard y chercheraient en vain les indices chers a leur coeur. Ici, point de traces de pas, d'emplois du temps truques ou de megots taches de rouge. Les Esprits sont bien au-dessus de nos contingences de simples mortels?Avec un talent insoupconne, Agatha Christie plonge dans le fantastique?Nouvelle traduction de Jean-Paul Martin

Le flambeau

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

 On a dark evening, Mr Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall under the premise that his car has broken down. Once inside, he embarks upon the tragic tale of Royston Hall's former occupants, leading to a dramatic change in the perceptions of the current inhabitants - but has Mr Quin's revelation come too late?

The Coming of Mr Quin - An Agatha Christie Short Story

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

Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' - her own autobiography.

 Over the three decades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of Agatha Christie's readers and reviewers have maintained that her most compelling book is probably still her least well-known. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. From early childhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex life with real passion and openness.

An Autobiography

Un lourd tableau qui se décroche à la tête d'un lit. Un rocher qui dévale une falaise et s'écrase sur le sentier. Les freins d'une voiture qui lâchent dans une descente... Et pour finir, une balle perdue qui vient se loger dans un chapeau ! Pour Hercule Poirot, en villégiature sur la côte sud de l'Angleterre, il n'y a guère de doute : on en veut à la vie de la ravissante Miss Buckley, héritière d'une villa délabrée du voisinage. Même si l'intéressée ouvre de grands yeux, se demandant qui peut bien lui en vouloir. L'assassinat de sa cousine, qu'on a manifestement confondue avec elle, obligera Miss Buckley à prendre au sérieux les craintes du détective. Lequel n'aura de cesse de démasquer le coupable. Mais seule une très savante mise en scène lui permettra d'y parvenir. Et la surprise sera de taille...

La Maison du péril

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.

Mr Brown

Miss Marple, en vacances aux Antilles, se livre à sa distraction favorite : étudier les hôtes de son hôtel. Le major Palgrave ne cesse de l'accabler du récit de ses exploits. Mais le major parle trop. Il meurt. Pourquoi a-t-on tué cet inoffensif vieillard ? Miss Marple découvrira-t-elle le coupable ?

Le major parlait trop

La maison du péril

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

 Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home.

 It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.

Le flambeau

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