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Stories: Fiddlers Three - Play
The last play written by Agatha Christie. A prank turns ugly when a group of young people attempt to hide a corpse.
Stories: The Rule of Three
A triple bill of short, contrasting plays comprising of Afternoon at the Seaside, The Rats and The Patient.
Stories: Verdict - Play
Karl Hendryk, a brilliant professor, attends to his wife Anya, an invalid suffering from a progressive disease. When Karl's cousin Lisa moves in to assist in caring for Anya, tensions rise and feelings are quick to develop.
Stories: Butter in a Lordly Dish
A rare radio play. Lawyer, Sir Luke Enderby meets a grisly end when the case of a serial killer whom he had convicted comes back with avengence.
Stories: Personal Call - Play
Pam Brent grows concerned when her husband recieves a mysterious phone call which leaves him disturbed and anxious.
Stories: The Monogram Murders
Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.
Stories: The Mysterious Mr Quin
It had been a typical New Year’s Eve party. But as midnight approaches, Mr Satterthwaite - a keen observer of human nature – senses that the real drama of the evening is yet to unfold. And so it proves when a mysterious stranger knocks on the door. Who is Mr Quin?
Mr Satterthwaite’s new friend is an enigma. Throughout this collection of short stories he seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen – sometimes good, but sometimes deadly.
Stories: The Listerdale Mystery [Short Story]
Down on her luck and living with family in a boarding house, Mrs St Vincent comes across an advert to rent a beautiful house with a benevolent landlord. From The Listerdale Mystery.
Stories: Parker Pyne Investigates
Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in The Times which read: ‘Are you happy? If not, consult Mr Parker Pyne.'
Parker Pyne is a most unconventional investigator. In a uniquely charming way, he solves matters of the heart, yearnings for adventure, and one or two crimes along the way.
This collection comprises fourteen tantalising cases for this intriguing retired civil servant.
Stories: Partners In Crime
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance.
After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.