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

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

Dix Breves Rencontres. Nouvelles

Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain...or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot -- and her instincts are soon proved correct when the 'pretend' murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck.But it's the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts, whether mock or real, everyone is playing a part.

Poirot joue le jeu

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

Big Four

Victoria Jones a beaucoup de défauts, mais au moins trois qualités : elle est très jolie, elle est courageuse, et elle aime l'aventure... Qu'avec cela, une heure après avoir été licenciée de son emploi de dactylo, cinq minutes après avoir rencontré un séduisant jeune homme, elle décide de le suivre à Bagdad, ce n'est pas étonnant. Ce qui l'est plus, c'est le tourbillon d'aventures d'espionnage qui l'attend là-bas, dans l'inquiétante atmosphère d'un Orient bouillonnant.

Rendez-vous à Bagdad

Two trains

 Side by side for a brief moment

 In that moment, a murder

 Elspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death.

 But it was only the merest glimpse through a carriage window as the trains drew parallel.

 She is the only witness, there are no suspects, and, most importantly, there is no corpse.

 Who, apart from her friend Jane Marple, would take her seriously?

 Never underestimate Miss Marple

 'All crime writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt.'Peter James

 'Never a dull moment.'

 The Times

4.50 from Paddington

Agatha Christie's complete Tommy and Tuppence short story collection, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

 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.

The Secret Adversary

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