Le Club du mardi continue

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

 Mr Satterthwaite bumps into his old friend Mr Quin at the opera, where they spot a distressed-looking girl in the audience. Later, they discover that she is in real danger and decide to rescue her.

The Face of Helen - An Agatha Christie Short Story

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / À l'hôtel Bertram (2 romans)

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out… When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day…

A l'hôtel Bertram

Arthritic and immobilized, Poirot calls on his old friend Captain Hastings to join him at Styles to be the eyes and ears that will feed observations to Poirot's still razor sharp mind. Though aware of the criminal's identity, Poirot will not reveal it to the frustrated Hastings, and dubs the nameless personage 'X'. Already responsible for several murders, X, Poirot warns, is ready to strike again, and the partners must work swiftly to prevent imminent murder.Poirot’s final case, a mystery which brings him and Hastings back to Styles where they first solved a crime together. The story was both anticipated and dreaded by Agatha Christie fans worldwide, many of whom still refuse to read it, as it is known to contain Poirot’s death.Agatha Christie wrote it during World War II, as a gift for her daughter should she not survive the bombings, and it was kept in a safe for over thirty years. It was agreed among the family that Curtain would be published finally in 1975 by Collins, her long-standing publishers, and that Sleeping Murder (the Marple story written during the war for her husband, Max) would follow.The reception of Poirot’s death was international, even earning him an obituary in The New York Times; he is still the only fictional character to have received such an honour. The first actor to take on the role of portraying Poirot in his final hours was David Suchet, as the final episode of the series Agatha Christie’s Poirot for which he’d been playing the role for twenty-five years. The episode was adapted in 2013.

Poirot quitte la scène

‘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

Mais qui est ce Mr Quinn ? D'où vient-il ? Nul ne le sait. Pas même Mr Satterthwaite, qui pourtant est son ami depuis plusieurs années. Il le croise de temps à autre, au hasard de ses pérégrinations dans le monde doré des duchesses.
Des rencontres qui n'ont rien de fortuit, qu'elles aient lieu dans l'intimité d'une loge d'opéra ou sous le soleil de la Riviera... Car Mr Quinn apparaît toujours lorsqu'un drame menace. Et d'un mot, d'un signe, il montre à Mr Satterthwaite comment percer les mystères les plus opaques... Avant de disparaître sans que personne s'en rende compte.
Étrange personnage, vraiment... Providentiel et insaisissable...

Mr Quinn en voyage

Lady Edgware ne supporte pas la contradiction. Et son mari lui donne bien du souci. D'abord, il a un caractère impossible. Ensuite, il refuse de divorcer. Très ennuyeux... Car lady Edgware a justement l'intention de se remarier. Que faire ? Mais charger Hercule Poirot de la débarrasser du gêneur, bien sûr ! N'est-il pas le grand spécialiste des affaires criminelles ? Lady Edgware aurait tendance à confondre tueur à gages et détective que Poirot n'en serait pas autrement surpris. Mais peu importe, après tout. Puisque le mari a fini par se résigner. Il vient d'avoir la bonne idée de mourir. Assassiné. Contrariant, lord Edgware ? Les femmes sont ingrates...

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