A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room!

Taken at the flood

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque / Les Sept Cadrans

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...  Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...

SAD CYPRESS - POIROT

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 woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane…From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

La mort dans les nuages

Thomas Betterton s'est mystérieusement évaporé et les services secrets britanniques s'énervent parce que M. Betterton est savant atomiste : a-t-il été enlevé ou est-il passé volontairement au service d'une puissance étrangère ? On soupçonne fortement Mrs Betterton, bien qu'elle affirme ne rien savoir, de n'entreprendre un petit voyage que pour rejoindre son mariLa logique consiste évidemment à la filer en douce. Hélas ! Mrs Betterton périt dans un accident d'avion. Courageusement, Hilary usurpera l'identité de l'épouse défunte dans l'espoir que la contacteront ceux qui doivent la conduire vers le savant disparu..

Destination inconnue

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

 Doctor Haydock, the resident, joyfully brusque, GP of St Mary Mead is apt to drag Miss Marple out of her little depression as she recovers from the flu. He has for a little story, penned himself, but can she figure it out? The tale revolves around the return of the prodigal son of Major Laxton, the devilishly handsome Harry Laxton. Harry, after falling head over heels for the village tobacconist's daughter and leading a life of childish indiscretions has 'made good' and has returned to lay claim to his tumbling childhood home and introduce the village to his beautiful new wife. But, the villagers are prone to gossip about young Harry's past and one person in particular cannot forgive him for tearing down the old house. Will Miss Marple's acumen be up to the task of solving the story even in its sickly state?

The Case of the Caretaker - A Miss Marple Short Story

Dans un bistrot de Chelsea, l'écrivain Mark Easterbrook surprend deux jeunes filles en train de se crêper le chignon. L'une d'elles, « pleine de fric » paraît-il, s'appelle Thomisa Tuckerton. A quelque temps de là, Mark Easterbrook tombe sur un entrefilet : Thomisa Tuckerton est décédée, à l'âge de vingt ans. Peu après, le père Gorman, qui venait de recueillir la confession d'une vieille dame, se fait assassiner. On retrouve sur lui une liste de noms, parmi lesquels celui de Mrs Tuckerton. Les autres sont ceux de personnes mortes de mort « naturelle ». Cela conduit Mark Easterbrook au Cheval pâle où trois sorcières s'adonnent au spiritisme et terrorisent leur entourage. Mais ce n'est pas le maléfice qui tue...

Le cheval pâle

Amy Leatheran, une jeune infirmiere, accepte de partir en Mesopotamie sur un chantier de fouilles afin de prendre soin de la femme de l'archeologue, en proie a de terribles angoisses nocturnes. Quand une serie de meurtres inexpliques se produit, la jeune femme est soulagee de voir apparaitre Hercule Poirot qui visite justement le site. Malgre son indeniable talent, parviendra-t-il a empecher le meurtrier de frapper a nouveau ?"Traduit de l'anglais par Robert Nobret""

Taken at the flood

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