Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board.Ī wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home… The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice… As well as every story featuring Miss Marple, the book includes additional stand-alone tales, from macabre tales of the supernatural, through suspense-ridden mysteries, to heart-stopping cases of murder. Here, for the first time, more than 50 of Agatha Christie’s mini masterpieces have been collected together in one volume, perfectly illustrating the true breadth of her talent. Miss Marple and Mystery: The Complete Short Stories At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn’t been committed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick’s sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind. 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.īeautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried ‘wee wee wee’ all the way home. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head.
And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim’s corpse the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.
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There’s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.Īgatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery – an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.Īgatha Christie’s world-famous serial killer mystery. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
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The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. But in Wychwood nothing is as it appears.Īgatha Christie’s most famous murder mystery.
In a quiet English village, a killer is about to strike. But who is the killer?Īgatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery thriller. Stranded by a violent storm, they begin to die – one by one. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by a mysterious host. With the festive season around the corner, and all the holidays mounting up with nowhere to go, we urge you to look at the brighter side: you now have the opportunity (and the time) to binge read your favourite Christie novels!ĭo the environment a favour and skimp out on the crackers this year – instead, check out our top 15 Christie eBooks: You’d be lying if you say that you don’t have a go-to Christie favourite to re-read time and again – and honestly, we do too! With #100YearsOfChristie fresh in our minds this month, it’s hard to forget that it’s also been 100 years since we were first introduced to her best-known character, the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It’s not an exaggeration to say that almost everyone has read an Agatha Christie novel at some point in their life.
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