Agatha Christie

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. Hercule Poirot has to solve the mystery.

This title finds the Orient Express stopped in its tracks. The luxurious train set of with a full passenger list but by the morning there was one fewer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. With tension mounting, detective Hercule Poirot comes up with two solutions to the crime.

Lucy invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, he gasps one final word: Henrietta.

Two teachers discover the body of the school's unpopular games mistress, shot through the heart from point-blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the 'cat' strikes again, and Julia Upjohn knows that without Poirot's help she could be next.

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond? then came the ?suicide? that was murder? the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat? a suspicious death in a locked gun-room? a million dollar bond robbery? the curse of a pharaoh's tomb? a jewel robbery by the sea? the abduction of a Prime Minister? the disappearance of a banker? a phone call from a dying man? and, finally, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases?...

Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides she needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.

Murder, stolen plans, a mysterious death and a menage a trois - four intriguing novellas featuring Hercule Poirot? How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secert military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And who destroyed the ?eternal triangle? of love involving...

But where exactly was the beginning? Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman?s head? Or was it when the priest?s assailant searched him so roughly he tore the clergyman?s cassock? Or could it have been the priest?s visit, just minutes before, to a woman on her death bed? Or was there a deeper significance to the violent squabble which Mark Easterbrook had himself witnessed earlier? Wherever the beginning lies, Mark and his sidekick, Ginger...

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys awake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl?

In this set of short stories Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirot?s early cases from the days before he was famous? Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot...