La Mort dans les nuages / Pourquoi pas Evans?

Dès leur arrivée sur l'île du Nègre, tous les invités en ont la conviction : quelque chose n'est pas normal. Pourquoi leur hôte est-il absent ? Qui a déposé dans leur chambre le texte d'une vieille comptine ? Les voilà seuls sur l'île, obligés de passer la soirée ensemble alors qu'ils ne se connaissent pas. Et soudain tout bascule : une voix brisant le silence s'élève. Elle accuse d'un crime chacune des dix personnes présentes...

Dix petits nègres

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

Promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins, A Murder is Announced is a staple of crime fiction and is often considered the best of all the Miss Marple novels. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…

Un meurtre sera commis le ... (Miss Marple, #5)

Equally adept at putting together the pieces of a marriage or the fragments of a murder mystery, Mr Parker Pyne is possibly the world's most unconventional private eye - and the most charming. This is a collection of short stories featuring the redoubtable "heart specialist".

Parker pyne invertigates

A cinq heures vingt-cinq, une table tournante a annoncé l'assassinat du capitaine Trevelyan, un vieux célibataire misogyne et quelque peu excentrique. Et ce doit être vers cette heure-là, en effet, selon le médecin qui examine le corps, que le capitaine a été assommé... Ce n'est toutefois qu'un des mystères que devra affronter l'inspecteur Narracott. Que penser de ces deux dames d'Afrique du Sud, venues tout exprès s'exiler dans cette région de Dartmoor, enneigée par un hiver rigoureux ? De ce neveu et héritier de la victime, qui, le jour même, avait pris pension à l'auberge voisine ? C'est la fiancée de ce dernier, une jeune fille énergique, qui, pour le tirer d'un mauvais pas, va mener sa propre enquête, en collaboration avec un journaliste. Quitte à en remontrer au détective officiel...

Cinq heures vingt-cinq

Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill again to remain in the shadows. Shaded in the moral ambiguity of murder, the provocative psychological puzzler of guilt, vengeance, and blood secrets is among Agatha Christie's personal favorites.

Témoin indésirable

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

 When invited to Mr and Mrs Unkerton's party in Greenway's House, Mr Satterthwaite learns of a haunted window, which no matter how many times it is replaced always contains the image of a cavalier in a plumed hat. When gunshots are heard, Satterthwaite finds that two of the guests have been shot dead, which is shortly followed by a sighting of the cavalier in the newly-replaced window pane. Can Mr Quin shed light on the mystery?

The Shadow on the Glass - An Agatha Christie Short Story

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

 On the edge of a cliff Mr Satterthwaite meets a man who is determined to kill himself. The villa that sits on top of the cliff has always fascinated Satterthwaite, this time he cannot resist a peak and what he finds inside could even save a man's life.

La Mort dans les nuages / Pourquoi pas Evans?

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