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Stories: Murder in the Mews
Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases - each a miniature classic of characterisation, incident and suspense.
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 secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes?
Stories: The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
From the stunning title story to the rarest gems in detective fiction, these tales of baffling crime and brilliant deduction showcase Agatha Christie at her dazzling best.
Now with an introduction by Sarah Phelps
Stories: Magnolia Blossom
About to elope to South Africa with her lover, a wife receives the news that her husband's financial empire is collapsing. Should she carry through with it or return to help her husband, or will the story have an unexpected twist?
Stories: The Mystery of Three Quarters
The world’s most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot – the legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket – returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in 1930’s London.
Stories: The Call of Wings
Millionaire Silas Hamer enjoys material happiness in his extreme wealth. Then one evening he comes across a legless piper whose tune transports him into a strange euphoric state, prompting him to question everything he stands for.
Stories: The Hound of Death
A doctor meets a nun traumatised by the Great War. An attempt to restore the woman's sanity results in the uncovering of something very sinister indeed. From The Hound of Death and The Golden Ball and Other Stories.
Stories: The Last Séance
From the Queen of Crime, the first time all of her spookiest and most macabre stories have been collected in one volume.
Stories: Murder, She Said: The Quotable Miss Marple
Did you know that one of the world’s sharpest and most forensic minds inhabited the persona of an attractive old lady, with pink cheeks and blue eyes, and a gentle, rather fussy manner? Discover the secrets of Miss Marple in this gorgeous book of her quotes and sayings, and an essay by Agatha Christie appearing for the first time in any book!
"Everyone in St Mary Mead knew Miss Marple: fluffy and dithery in appearance, but inwardly as sharp and as shrewd as they make them." 4:50 From Paddington
