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 Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural

From the Queen of Crime, the first time all of her spookiest and most macabre stories have been collected in one volume.

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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

Stories: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot — legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile — returns to solve a fiendish new mystery.

Stories: Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World

From the publication of Agatha Christie’s very first book in 1920 to the filming of Sir Kenneth Branagh’s film Death on the Nile, this investigation into the phenomenon of Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective.

Stories: The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories—a riveting collection of short stories featuring a host of murderous crimes of passion, pleasure, and profit.

Stories: Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery

An all-new collection of winter-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the festive period.