By the pricking of thumbs

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home.

 The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.

 Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter.

The Crooked House

Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their first assignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do in their first job is take an all-expense paid trip to Paris and pose as an American named Jane Finn. But with the assignment comes a bribe to keep quiet, a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her new employer. Now their newest job are playing detective.Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention of her name produces a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missing for five years. And neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now post-war England's economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back. But he two young working undercover for the British ministry know only that her name and the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. It isn’t long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined—a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business… and their lives.

Mr Brown

Le colonel Bentry a toutes les raisons d'etre contrarie. On le tire de son sommeil pour lui faire constater un desagrement terrible: une femme, inconnue et vetue de la maniere la plus vulgaire qui soit, a ete trouvee etranglee dans la bibliotheque de son manoir. Heureusement, la demeure des Bentry est voisine de Saint-Mary-Mead, le village de Miss Marple...Dans son autobiographie, Agatha Christie declarait que le premier chapitre de ce roman, ecrit en 1942, representait pour elle l'aboutissement de son art."Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Michel Alamagny""

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years.

 '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. Appearing in Agatha Christie's very first novel in 1920 and her very last in 1975, Hercule Poirot became the most celebrated detective since Sherlock Holmes, appearing in 33 novels, a play, and these 51 short stories.

 Arranged in their original publication order, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through his many film and television appearances.

 This edition now also includes Poirot and the Regatta Mystery, an early version of an Agatha Christie story not published since 1936!

Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems...

Mort Sur Le Nil: (Death On The Nile)

Le couple Beresford s'ennuie : elle a la maison, lui dans son bureau des Services Secrets britanniques. Aussi quand le chef des services spéciaux leur propose de reprendre une agence internationale de détectives, ils sautent sur l'occasion, trop heureux d’être a nouveau ensemble sur le terrain. En dix-sept nouvelles, Agatha Christie va mettre en scène ce couple qu'elle adore et auquel elle s'identifie : les Beresford, des détectives drôles et futés auxquels aucune affaire ne résiste. C'est aussi l'occasion en dix-sept pastiches, de rendre hommage aux grands noms de la littérature de « détection » anglo-saxonne : le Pere Brown, Chesterton, la Baronne Orczy. sans oublier Sherlock Holmes bien sur !

Le crime est notre affaire

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players...  Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana''s private collection.  Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether...

CARDS ON THE TABLE

Le 31 octobre, les sorcières s'envolent sur leur manche à balai : c'est Halloween, la fête du potiron. "Savez-vous que j'ai eu l'occasion d'assister à un vrai meurtre ? " se vante Joyce, une fillette à la langue bien pendue, lors d'une soirée enfantine chez Mrs Drake... Elle en mourra.

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