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Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, read by the inimitable Dan Stevens. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.

La acaudalada familia Waverly vive una pesadilla cuando su pequeño hijo Johnnie, de tan solo tres años, es secuestrado a plena luz del día, a pesar de la vigilancia y las amenazas previas. Acompaña a Poirot en una investigación donde cada sonido cuenta: el eco de pasos en los pasillos, el susurro de las puertas al cerrarse, el latido acelerado de la angustia familiar y la astucia del detective enfrentándose a un enemigo invisible.

Zoë Boehm has harbored a distinct aversion to death ever since she shot the man intent on killing her. So when Caroline Daniels takes a deadly fall in front of a train and her lover fails to turn up at the funeral, Zoë wants nothing to do with the case. But Caroline’s boss is persistent, and as Zoë attempts to unlock the secrets of a woman she’s never met while in search of a man who could be anywhere, she starts to wonder if he’s found her first. And if he has, will that make her the next victim, or prove to be her salvation from a paralyzing fear?

Pop diva Clarion Calhoun has packed the house with her celebrity appearance in Bath’s Theatre Royal production of I Am a Camera. But within moments of her much-anticipated onstage appearance, she’s pulled out of character as she screams and claws at her face. When tainted stage makeup is found to have caused the disfiguring burn, fingers point to her makeup artist. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond investigates when the makeup artist is found dead, pushed from a catwalk far above the stage.

El triángulo de Rodas es una historia que se teje en el encanto del Mediterráneo donde tiene lugar un misterio letal. Durante unas vacaciones aparentemente serenas en la isla de Rodas, el relato nos sumerge en un turbulento mar de pasiones ocultas y celos que terminan en un asesinato. A través de conversaciones apacibles y encuentros casuales, se desvela una red de relaciones entrelazadas que configuran un triángulo amoroso capaz de provocar tragedia.

Hercule Poirot is at it again in this murder mystery set both in England and France. Hercule must travel back to France to solve the crime, and finds himself battling the French Police Force as much as the culprit!

Athena College's new writer in residence is a famous native son, playwright Connor Lawton, known for his sharp writing-and sharper tongue. After an unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a nice surprise: his daughter, Laura, is visiting and will be subbing for another professor this fall semester. It's great news until he hears who got her the job: her old flame, Connor Lawton . . .

Suspecting that someone is stealing from him, the aging and eccentric James Delacorte wants Charlie to do an inventory on his rare book collection. Soon after they begin, Delacorte is found dead at his desk, leaving Charlie with the bigger task of solving his murder. Immediately Charlie is suspicious of Delacorte's own family, and relies on the help of Diesel to paw around for clues. The cat and mouse game heats up after a highly valued copy of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane goes missing and a second murder occurs.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Mr Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp that he can solve...

शिकारियों जैसी टोपी, टोपी लगा ओवरकोट और पाइप। गैस बत्तियों से रोशन, छोटे गोल पत्थरों वाली सड़कें और इंग्लैंड के शाही समंदर से 221-बी बेकर स्ट्रीट तक उड़कर आती धुंध। सर आर्थर कॉनन डॉयल की कल्पना से साकार विख्यात डिटेक्टिव शेरलॉक होम्स किसी परिचय के मोहताज नहीं हैं। 'ए स्कैंडल इन बोहेमिया' कहानी में शेरलॉक होम्स जब पहली बार सामने आए, तब से लेकर उनके कार्यकलापों का सिलसिला अनवरत जारी रहा। कई पीढि़यों से उनके प्रशंसक उन्हें पढ़ते आए हैं, और बेहद मामूली से सुराग से मुश्किल-से-मुश्किल केस को सुलझाने में वे अपनी जिस असाधारण बुद्धि और सहज ज्ञान का प्रयोग करते हैं, उससे पाठक अभिभूत हो जाते हैं।

The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It is notable for being narrated by Holmes himself, instead of by Dr. Watson (who does not appear in the story). Holmes is enjoying his retirement in Sussex when one day at the beach, he meets his friend Harold Stackhurst, the headmaster of a nearby preparatory school called The Gables.

1979 tauchte der leblose Körper einer Blumenhändlerin in den ruhigen Gewässern von Dyes Inlet auf, einer bezaubernden Flussmündung, die mit dem riesigen Puget Sound verbunden ist. Vierundvierzig Jahre später wiederholt sich die Geschichte, als innerhalb von 48 Stunden nicht nur ein, sondern zwei weitere Opfer gefunden werden, die alle genau dieselbe makabere Schnitzerei im Fleisch tragen. Da kommt Thomas Austin ins Spiel, ein Privatdetektiv mit einer Vergangenheit, die er endlich hinter sich lassen möchte.

Agatha Christie’s complete Tommy and Tuppence short story collection. 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...

بعد خروجه من المستشفى وإخباره بأنه بحاجة للعيش فى مكان هادئ للتعافى، أدرك أنه لابد أن يعيش فى الريف كمحاولة للعلاج بصحبة أخته التى ستقوم على رعايته بكل ما تملك. بعد طول بحث يستقر بهما المكان فى منزل بقرية لايمستوك خاصة أنهما لم يذهبا إليها من قبل، ولا يعرفان أحداً هناك. كان بتلك القرية شخصية شريرة تقوم بترويج الشائعات عن طريق إرسال خطابات ورسائل تشكك الناس في...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Boredom sets in on the rather less exciting than expected trip across the desert to Baghdad. Mr. Parker Pyne, with a nose for trouble, soon sets his sights on the case of the missing Mr. Long, the famed...

على نحو فني رائع ودرامي مثير صوّرت لنا الكاتبة العالمية أجاثا كريستي جريمة قتل السيد راتشيت في قطار الشرق عبر رحلة أروبية سريعة, ويتخيل للقارئ للوهلة الأولي أنها جريمة قتل تقليدية من تلك الجرائم المعتادة والتي تكون بدافع شخصي. ولكن الكاتبة هنا ترصد لنا ملامح وتجليات وعبقريات المحقق الدولي السيد هيركيول بوارو وكيف أنه أخذ يحقق في تلك القضية الشائكة, وكيف أنه أخذ يربط بين الأحداث المتشابكة والغامضة في آن واحد حتى وصل إلي الحل.

A body discovered by the rocks. A broken detective returns to a scene of past tragedy. Will the pain of the past prevent him from seeing the present? Detective Inspector Macleod returns to his island home twenty years after the painful loss of his wife. With a disposition forged in strong...

Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"—and in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere.

В одном из вагонов Северного экспресса убита молодая женщина. По счастливой случайности среди пассажиров, следующих маршрутом Монреаль-Квебек, оказался детектив Франк, взявший расследование в свои руки. Орудие убийства – кинжал со следами крови был обнаружен почти сразу, он валялся неподалеку от жертвы чудовищного преступления. Убийца даже не позаботился о том, чтобы скрыть его. Оставалось только опросить всех пассажиров злосчастного поезда, ведь каждый из них, мог оказаться потенциальным убийцей.

Brilliant detective Sam Spade is the quintessential private eye, with his own code of ethics. When a standard stakeout goes wrong and Spade’s partner is killed, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure of dubious origin—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the falcon. Hot on his heels are Joel Cairo, a perfumed grifter; an oversized adventurer named Gutman; and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful but treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a hat.