Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / Les Sept Cadrans

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

 Amateur detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are fascinated by the case of a man murdered using a hat pin. Unsatisfied by the arrest of a woman, the couple deconstruct the case to find the real killer.

The Sunningdale Mystery - An Agatha Christie Short Story

When Alice Ascher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already on to the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one down, twenty-five to go.There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover; and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill; then who will Victim C be?

ABC contre Poirot

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

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.

Associés Contre Le Crime / Le Crime Est Notre Affaire

Gerry Wade é por todos conhecido como um inveterado dorminhoco. Aquando de uma festa organizada em Chimneys, o seu grupo de amigos decide pregar-lhe uma partida memorável. Na cidade vizinha compram oito relógios despertadores, com os quais estão decididos a sobressaltá-lo durante o sono. A noite passa mas as suas expectativas saem goradas quando o atroador toque dos relógios não exerce qualquer efeito sobre Gerry. Tinham razão ao esperar um efeito surpreendente, mas não podiam imaginar que fosse tão trágico. Poderá o relógio desaparecido explicar tão fatal mistério?

Les Sept Cadrans

Ramolli, Hercule Poirot ? Allons donc ! Il a beau être cloué par l'arthrite dans une chaise roulante, son brillantissime cerveau n'en reste pas moins en pleine forme. D'ailleurs, n'est-ce pas dans un fauteuil qu'il a l'habitude de mener l'enquête? Et puis, les lieux lui sont familiers. Le manoir de Styles... Poirot s'est illustré ici même, jadis. Il pourrait presque s'y trouver en pèlerinage. Mais non. Il est venu affronter un meurtrier particulièrement coriace. Lié à cinq affaires criminelles - bigre, joli tableau de chasse! - et déterminé à récidiver. C'est compter sans les increvables petites cellules grises. Et la volonté de Poirot de quitter la scène sur un coup de maître...

Poirot quitte la scène

Mr Quinn en voyage

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

 On the River Nile, Parker Pyne is enjoying his holiday when a wealthy woman reveals suspicions that her husband is trying to poison her. With a plot for murder afoot, Mr Pyne is called into action. But will he be too late?

 This short story shares the same title as one of Agatha Christie's most famous books, but there the similarity ends.

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / Les Sept Cadrans

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