Agatha Christie
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This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder on the Links The Affair at the Victory Ball The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls (The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) The Adventure of King of Clubs The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Mystery of the Plymouth Express The Adventure of «The Western Star» The Tragedy at Marsden Manor The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge The Clue of the Chocolate Box The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Case of the Veiled Lady The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly The Market Basing Mystery The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Case of the Missing Will The Submarine Plans (The Incredible Theft) The Adventure of the Clapham Cook The Lost Mine The Cornish Mystery The Double Clue The Lemesurier Inheritance The Secret of Chimneys
Poirot Investigates
First published in 1924, “Poirot Investigates” is a collection of several short stories by Agatha Christie featuring her brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. In this collection of entertaining and captivating mysteries, Christie’s most famous character solves several murders and thefts with his trademark wit and powers of observation. In “The Adventures of the Western Star”, Poirot solves the strange mystery of the theft of a beautiful diamond and exposes a husband’s treachery and lies. In “The Tragedy of Marsden Manor”, the famed detective solves the suspicious death of a man who may have committed insurance fraud. In “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”, a deal too good to be true for the rental of an apartment turns into a dangerous tale of spies and stolen government secrets. In “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge”, Poirot and his associate Hastings investigate the strange case of a murdered man, an inherited fortune, and secret identities. In “The Million Dollar Bond Robbery”, Poirot brilliantly solves a complicated plot to steal a fortune in bonds that mysteriously went missing. This collection of tales is sure to delight all fans of the mystery genre. Included in this volume are the fourteen tales which appeared in the 1925 American edition. This edition includes a biographical afterword.
The Pearl of Price
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Holidaying in Jordan, Parker Pyne is pulled into the love affairs of a young lady when her pearl earring goes missing. All of the travelling companions are immediately searched without success. But it is not the value of the missing jewel that concerns the young lady…
Das fahle Pferd
Schwarze Magie oder tödlicher Hokuspokus? Eine Reihe von Todesfällen lässt dem Historiker Mark Easterbrook, der eigentlich nur in Ruhe sein Buch schreiben möchte, keine Ruhe. Als im Schuh eines ermordeten Pfarrers eine Namensliste gefunden wird, auf der sich auch die Namen einiger kürzlich Verstorbener finden, ist er sich sicher, dass diese Menschen keineswegs eines natürlichen Todes gestorben sind. Doch welche Rolle spielt »Das fahle Pferd«, ein ehemaliger Gasthof, in dem angeblich schwarze Magie praktiziert wird? Mark Easterbrook muss dem Mörder eine gewagte Falle stellen, um ihn zu enttarnen.
The Mysterious Affair At Styles
In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is long and includes her gold-digging new spouse and stepsons, her doctor, and her hired companion.
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES & THE SECRET ADVERSARY
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of World War I, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head on 21 January 1921. Styles was Christie's first published novel, introducing Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. The story is told in first person by Hastings and features many of the elements that have become icons of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, largely due to Christie's influence. It is set in a large, isolated country manor. There are a half-dozen suspects, most of whom are hiding facts about themselves. The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will, as well as a number of red herrings and surprise plot twists. «The Secret Adversary» is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in January 1922. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.
The Mystery Cases of Hercule Poirot
Musaicum Books presents to you the collection of Hercule Poirot's early cases: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Affair at the Victory Ball The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls (The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) The Adventure of King of Clubs The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Mystery of the Plymouth Express The Adventure of «The Western Star» The Tragedy at Marsden Manor The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge The Clue of the Chocolate Box The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Case of the Veiled Lady The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly The Market Basing Mystery The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Case of the Missing Will The Submarine Plans (The Incredible Theft) The Adventure of the Clapham Cook The Lost Mine The Cornish Mystery The Double Clue The Lemesurier Inheritance
The Secret Adversary
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