En vacances aux Antilles, Miss Marple fait la connaissance du Major Palgrave, un vieux militaire qui ne lasse pas de lui narrer ses exploits, notamment au Kenya. Au cours d'un de ses nombreux récits, le Major lui raconte l'histoire d'un mystérieux assassin dont il possède la photo. Le lendemain, il est retrouvé mort. Tout semble indiquer une mort naturelle mais Miss Marple a des doutes : et s'il s'agissait d'un meurtre ?

Traduction entièrement révisée de Jean-Michel Alamagny

Le major parlait trop

Dans un cafe de Chelsea, l'ecrivain a succes Mark Easterbrook est temoin d'une violente querelle opposant deux amies. A des kilometres de la, le Pere Gorman est assassine. On retrouve dans sa chaussure une liste de noms parmi lesquels figure celui d'une des deux protagonistes de la dispute. Peu apres la presse annonce le deces brutal de la jeune femme. Choque, Mark Easterbrook decide d'en savoir plus. Plusieurs elements le conduisent au Cheval Pale, une bien mysterieuse auberge...

Le cheval pâle

Richard Abernethie est decede brusquement chez lui d'une crise cardiaque. C'est ce qu'ont ecrit les journaux. Tous les proches accourent pour les obseques et tout se serait bien passe si cette ecervelee de Cora n'avait betement demande Il a bien ete assassine, n'est-ce pas ? Cette question incongrue jette, evidemment, un froid dans la reunion de famille. Six ou huit coups de hache assenes, des le lendemain, par une main anonyme sur le crane de la bavarde, et un peu d'arsenic fourre dans le gateau de sa dame de compagnie, justifieront l'intervention d'Hercule Poirot. Son fameux sens de la deduction prouvera que la question de Cora n'etait pas si sotte...Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Marc Mendel

Les indiscrétions d'Hercule Poirot

The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances.

 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'

 The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Yet despite being familiar to millions, Poirot himself has remained an enigma - until now.

 From his first appearance in 1920 to his last in 1975, from country-house drawing-rooms to opium dens in Limehouse, from Mayfair to the Mediterranean, Anne Hart stalks the legendary sleuth, unveiling the mysteries that surround him. Sifting through 33 novels and 56 short stories, she examines his origins, tastes, relationships and peculiarities, revealing a character as fascinating as the books themselves.

Hercule Poirot

Gipsy’s Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea – and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy. There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after. Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals’ warnings: ‘There’s no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy’s Acre.’ Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying ‘In my end is my beginning.’The title Endless Night was taken from William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence and describes Christie’s favourite theme in the novel: a “twisted” character, who always chooses evil over good.Christie finished Endless Night in six weeks, as opposed to the three-four months that most of her other novels took. Despite being in her seventies while writing it, she told an interviewer that being Michael, the twenty-something narrator, “wasn’t difficult. After all, you hear people like him talking all the time.”The book is dedicated to Christie's relative "Nora Prichard from whom I first heard the legend of Gipsy's Acre." Gipsy's Acre was a field on the Welsh moors.

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Mon petit doigt m'a dit

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C'est toujours et simplement par déductions logiques que Miss Jane Marple résout, sans sortir de son fauteuil, tous les mystères criminels que lui soumettent ses amis. Les humains sont partout les mêmes ! De cet adage, Miss Marple fait une loi infaillible pour démasquer les intentions et les secrets de tous. Sur ce CD, deux enquêtes de Miss Marple : Le Club du Mardi et Le Sanctuaire d'Astarté.

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Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

 Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.

 Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.

Le major parlait trop

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