Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / Les Sept Cadrans

Agatha Christie''s most famous murder mystery, reissued with a new cover to tie in with the hugely anticipated 2017 film adaptation.  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.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - FILM TIE-IN EDITION

Un homme se tient au bord du quai du métro et soudain il recule et tombe. Est-ce un accident ou un suicide?

L'Homme au complet marron

An uninvited guest, coated in dust, sways and falls in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom. Who is he? What is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled repeatedly on a sheet of paper? Poirot is plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about "Number Four".

The big four

First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal—and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion:"Ten little boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little boys traveling in Devon; One said he'd stay there then there were seven. Seven little boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in half and then there were six. Six little boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none."When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.

Dix Petits Nègres

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

 Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple's niece, Mabel Denman was accused of murdering her husband. Mabel's marriage had been an unhappy one, as Geoffrey had been abusive and violent. Can Miss Marple clear her niece's name and reveal the true perpetrator?

The Thumb Mark of St Peter - A Miss Marple Short Story

Ladies richissimes, jolies, intrigantes et danseuses célèbres ; puissants industriels, princes étrangers et membres du gouvernement. Voilà le monde que côtoie Hercule Poirot. Il faut dire que seules des affaires extraordinaires, scandaleuses et délicates sont à la hauteur de l'incomparable intelligence du détective. Et tandis qu'à Scotland Yard les infortunés inspecteurs battent la campagne à la recherche d'empreintes de pas ou de mégots de cigarettes, Poirot s'installe dans son fauteuil, une tasse de chocolat fumant à la main, et pense. Et comme par magie, le mystère s'éclaircit. C'est cela, le génie ! Traduction révisée de Pascal Aubin

Le bal de la victoire

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

 When Hercule Poirot receives an alarming and strained telephone call, several words are whispered desperately, it's life or death and table with the yellow irises. In this dark short story Poirot finds himself in the plush luxuriant restaurant Jardin des Cygnes, nervous to stop an impending murder and find the person behind the voice on the phone. Bumping into an old acquaintance, Poirot is invited to join a dinner party in full swing, but, just as the dancing and champagne are overflowing a morbid announcement is made and the lights go out, by the time the lights come back on, everything has changed.

Yellow Iris - A Hercule Poirot Short Story

Mais qui est-il, ce Mr Quinn ? D'ou vient-il ? Nul ne le sait. Pas meme Mr Satterthwaite, qui pourtant est son ami depuis plusieurs annees. Il le croise de temps a autre, au hasard de ses peregrinations dans le monde dore des duchesses. Des rencontres qui n'ont rien de fortuit, qu'elles aient lieu dans l'intimite d'une loge d'opera ou sous le soleil de la Riviera... Car Mr Quinn apparait toujours lorsqu' un drame menace. Et d'un mot, d'un signe, il montre a Mr Satterthwaite comment percer les mysteres les plus opaques... Avant de disparaitre sans que personne ne s'en rende compte. Etrange personnage, vraiment... Providentiel et insaisissable..."

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / Les Sept Cadrans

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