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

 After a close encounter with death, a materialistic man becomes entranced by strange music. Torn between the freedom he craves and the money he loves his behaviour becomes erratic. He attempts to track down the man without legs who plays the music.

The Call of Wings - An Agatha Christie Short Story

La nouvelle Trois souris... est un huis clos fabuleux qui fut également transposée en pièce de théâtre sous le titre La Souricière - succès international qui tient l'affiche sans interruption depuis plus de cinquante ans.  
Toujours inédit en Angleterre, c'est la première fois que sera publié en français le recueil dans sa version originale, qui réunit neuf nouvelles mettant en scène Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple ou encore Harley Quinn.

Mêlant horreur, stupeur mais aussi beaucoup d'humour, la reine du crime prouve, une fois encore, qu'elle n'a pas son pareil pour nous inquiéter et nous surprendre.  


Traduction révisée de Robert Nobret

Trois souris...

Le colonel Bantry est contrarie: une jeune femme, vetue d'une toilette tape-a-l' il, a ete retrouvee etranglee dans sa bibliotheque ! Cruelle enigme pour la police. Heureusement, le manoir des Bantry est situe non loin du village de miss Marple. Cette sympathique vieille dame pleine de bon sens permettra, une fois de plus, de denouer toute l'affaire."

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque

Il se passe quelque chose d'anormal. Les dix personnes conviees sur l'ile du Negre en ont la certitude. Pourquoi leur hote est-il absent? Soudain, une voix s'eleve, accusant d'un crime chaque invite. Commence alors une ronde mortelle, rythmee par les couplets d'une etrange comptine...

Dix petits nègres

Dans ce train où ne se côtoient que des gens aux comptes en banque bien fournis, et qui fuient les brumes anglaises pour le soleil de la Côte d'Azur, la fille d'un homme d'affaires américain est assassinée. Enquête difficile, tant par le milieu dans lequel elle se déroule que par la vitesse imposée à ladite enquête par l'horaire auquel le « Train bleu » doit se soumettre. En bref, le criminel aurait toutes les chances d'échapper à la justice si - pour son malheur - Hercule Poirot n'avait pas été là...

Le Train bleu

It was an open and shut case. All the evidence said Caroline Crale poisoned her philandering husband, a brilliant painter. She was quickly and easily convicted and sentenced to life in prison.  Now, sixteen years later, in a posthumous letter, Mrs. Crale has assured her grown daughter that she was innocent. But instead of setting the young woman's mind at ease, the letter only raises disquieting questions. Did Caroline indeed write the truth? And if she didn't kill her husband, who did? To find out, the Crale’s daughter asks Hercule Poirot to reopen the case. His investigation takes him deep into the conflicting memories and motivations of the five other people who were with the Crales on the fatal day. With his keen understanding of human psychology, he manages to discover the surprising truth behind the artist's death.

Cinq petits cochons

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

Une poignee de seigle dans la poche d'un homme empoisonne, un cintre a vetements accroche au nez d'une jeune fille morte etranglee... Que signifient ces indices aussi inquietants que saugrenus ? Un fou se promene-t-il en toute liberte a Yewtree Lodge ?Heureusement, Miss Marple est la pour mener l'enquete. Car ce qui peut paraitre incomprehensible au commun des mortels prend un tout autre sens a ses yeux d'experte...Traduction entierement revisee de Jean-Marc Mendel

Une poignée de seigle

Agatha Christie is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious puzzles, and the surprise denouement. By virtually inventing the modern mystery novel she has earned her title as the Queen of Crime. Curious? Then you're invited to read....THE SITTAFORD MYSTERYM-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night.But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists at the snowbound Sittaford House was spelled out as loud and clear as a scream. Of course, the notion that they had foretold doom was pure bunk. Wasn't it? And the discovery of a corpse was pure coincidence. Wasn't it? If they're to discover the answer to this baffling murder, perhaps they should play again. But a journey into the spirit world could prove terribly dangerous-especially when the killer is lurking in this one.

The Call of Wings - An Agatha Christie Short Story

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