Hercule Poirot aimerait bien passer des vacances tranquilles. Une petite île, un hôtel agréable, une cuisine soignée, des pensionnaires charmants... Tout irait pour le mieux si, au milieu des estivants, ne tournait Arlena Marshall, une de ces femmes fatales qui font perdre la tête aux hommes. Etait-ce une raison pour l'étrangler oe

Les vacances d'Hercule Poirot

C'est toujours après le drame qu'on s'avise qu'un personnage falot a traversé la scène sans que personne lui prête attention. Et justement, dans le bureau de Mr Whittington, il y avait un clerc qui se faisait appeler Mr Brown. Mais voilà ! Personne n'était capable de se rappeler quoi que ce fût de Mr Brown. Pas même son visage. La description qu'on donne invariablement de Mr Brown, c'est qu'il ressemble à tout le monde.

Mr Brown

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922.

 At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public's imagination and saw the emergence of some of the world's cleverest and most popular storytellers.

 This anthology brings together 16 forgotten tales that have either been published only once before - perhaps in a newspaper or rare magazine - or have never before appeared in print. From a previously unpublished 1917 script featuring Ernest Bramah's blind detective Max Carrados, to early 1950s crime stories written for London's Evening Standard by Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A. A. Milne, it spans five decades of writing by masters of the Golden Age.

 Most anticipated of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her 'Grand Tour' of the British Empire.

 With other stories by Detection Club stalwarts Anthony Berkeley, H. C. Bailey, J. J. Connington, John Rhode and Nicholas Blake, plus Vincent Cornier, Leo Bruce, Roy Vickers and Arthur Upfield, this essential collection harks back to a time before forensic science - when murder was a complex business.

Bodies from the Library - Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection

The inspiration for A Haunting in Venice - now a major motion picture. When a Hallowe'en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer.

 At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.

 That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer.

Halloween party

Cartes sur table / L'Heure zéro

Ce livre est un festin de Noel. La selection du chef et le chef, c'est moi ! Il y a deux plats de resistance: "Christmas Pudding" et "Le Mystere du bahut espagnol." Et plusieurs entremets: "Le Policeman vous dit l'heure," "Le Reve" et "Le Souffre-douleur." Un sorbet: "Le Mort avait les dents blanches.""Le Mystere du bahut espagnol" peut etre considere comme une specialite Poirot. C'est une affaire ou il estime s'etre montre au meilleur de sa forme ! Miss Marple, de meme, s'est toujours felicitee de la sagacite qu'elle a su manifester dans "Le Policeman vous dit l'heure."Dans "Christmas Pudding," je me suis fait plaisir car cette aventure evoque pour moi le delicieux souvenir des Noels de mon enfance. Agatha Christie"Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Michel Alamagny""

Christmas Pudding

A reproduction in one unique volume of three of Agatha Christie's rarest and most sought-after books - Star Over Bethlehem, The Road of Dreams and Poems.

 The most popular detective story writer of all time turns her hand to the subject of Christmas.

 In a manger in Bethlehem, an angel offers Mary a vision of things to come. and a chance to change it all.

 A naughty little donkey learns the meaning of love as he carries a very special mother and child safely to Egypt.

 Mrs Hargreaves wanted to like people, but didn't really know how. Then she reached out to touch a stranger, and her eyes were opened to love.

 Here, in this charming gift edition, Agatha Christie's stories and poems capture the true meaning of Christmas.

 This special collector's edition contains a wealth of Agatha Christie rarities - not only all the stories, poems and illustrations from her long out-of-print book Star Over Bethlehem (1965), but also a reproduction of all her rare poetry from the two collections The Road of Dreams (1924) and Poems (1973).

Star Over Bethlehem - Christmas Stories and Poems

When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after American archaeologist Dr Leidner’s wife Louise at a dig near Hassanieh she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties – she also has to help solve murders. Fortunately for Amy, Hercule Poirot is visiting the excavation site but will the great detective be in time to prevent a multiple murderer from striking again?

Meurtre En Mésopotamie

Mystery and suspense surround a seance in a snowbound house on the edge of Dartmoor, where the prediction of a grisly murder is only the precursor to an ingenious deadly crime and one of Agatha Christie's most gripping thrillers.

 In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'Captain Trevelyan. dead. murder.'

 Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snow drifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot.

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