Their time is running out.

 Short on money, opportunities and - most importantly - adventure, Tommy and Tuppence embark on a daring get rich quick scheme.

 Their advertisement boldly proclaims that they are 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'.

 But their very first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Secret Adversary

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot’s interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items – including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup – he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a ‘unique and beautiful problem’. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?

Pension Vanilos

Trop belle, trop légère, trop riche Rosemary ! Quel désespoir secret a conduit au suicide cette femme environnée d'admirateurs et d'amants, volant de cocktails en parties de bridge et de dîners en bals, sous l'oeil résigné de George, son mari plus âgé ? Nul ne le sait. Mais la question commence à se poser différemment le jour où ce dernier est informé par des lettres anonymes qu'on a assassiné son épouse. Cependant, le lecteur découvre, une à une, les raisons qui auraient pu pousser diverses personnes de l'entourage de Rosemary à vouloir se débarrasser d'elle. Toutes se trouvaient là le soir tragique où elle a bu une coupe de champagne additionnée de cyanure. Un nouveau dîner rassemblant les mêmes convives permettra-t-il, comme George l'espère, de confondre le coupable ? Peut-être... A condition qu'une nouvelle mort ne vienne pas compliquer l'affaire.

Meurtre au champagne

In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder. But vengeance and greed may not be the only motives...

La mort n'est pas une fin

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

 This electric short story begins in October on the island of Rhodes, a veritable paradise of privacy, beauty and calm, or so Hercule Poirot has imagined.

 The reality is quite startlingly different. The idyll is disturbed by the arrival of famed Chanel beauty Valentine Chantry and a ripple of malice is felt across the island. Captivated by her wiles and immaculate good looks one young married man falters, closely watched by Valentine's brooding husband and the watchful eye of Poirot.

 Amidst the heady pink gins and close quarters Poirot senses that someone has murder in their heart, and he guesses right.

Triangle at Rhodes - A Hercule Poirot Short Story

A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room!

Taken at the flood

Agatha Christie''s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover to tie in with the highly anticipated 2020 film adaptation.  The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life.  Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ''I''d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.'' Yet in this exotic setting'' nothing is ever quite what it seems...

DEATH ON THE NILE - FILM TIE IN

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic…

Mon petit doigt m'a dit

Dans la maison où a été assassinée Mme Argyle, n'étaient présents à l'heure du crime que le mari, la gouvernante, une infirmière et les cinq enfants adoptés par le couple. Déclaré coupable, un des garçons est mort en prison quand deux ans après le procès, un témoin à décharge se présente pour confirmer son alibi. Cependant, la famille fera grise mine à cet homme scrupuleux venu réhabilité le jeune homme. C'est qu'il n'y a pas qu'une vérité : celle que fera éclater le docteur Calgary est bien sombre et, plus cruellement que tout autre, blessera bien du monde.

The Secret Adversary

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