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The glittering and colorful atmosphere of the circus is rocked by a mysterious murder; to solve, Imran himself has to become a performer at the circus.

William Kenward, directeur adjoint de la police du Surrey, enquête sur la disparition de l'auteure de romans policiers la plus en vogue de son temps : Agatha Christie. Son véhicule a été retrouvé abandonné dans le Newlands Corner. L'affaire est un puzzle, baignée dans l'imagination de cette femme portée disparue, camouflée derrière l'hypocrisie de son mari et d'autres personnages mystérieux. Agatha Christie devient un fantôme, une obsession pour Kenward dont l'enquête commence à prendre une tournure personnelle.

A classic Marple mystery, read by the inimitable Richard E. Grant. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his ‘counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme.

The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle—they are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together. Both Hercule Poirot and Great Styles have seen better days—but, despite being crippled with arthritis, there is nothing wrong with the great detective and his “little gray cells.” However, when Poirot brands one of the seemingly harmless guests a five-time murderer, some people have their doubts. But Poirot alone knows he must prevent a sixth murder before the curtain falls.

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, recorded by the director and star of the blockbuster film adaptation, Kenneth Branagh. 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.

Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man....

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He’s willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA’s Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn’t kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter, with the language targeted at learners of English.

Dr Watson comments: 'The stage lost a fine actor' when Holmes chose to devote his formidable talents to the solution of crime. Two of these stories, "The Reigate Squire" and "The Adventure of Beryl Coronet", Sherlock Holmes demonstrates his thespian powers as he unravels the mysteries.

Trapped on a burning mountain, the Queens take refuge with a killer. Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain Road when they come face to face with a wall of flame. They tear back in the other direction, fire at their fenders, and finally find safety in a clearing, at the home of Dr. Xavier, a renowned surgeon. He is a genial man, but his distracted, mysterious smile conceals dark secrets.

In the comfortable English Dorsetshire village of Anneypenny in the 1930s, fruit farmer Douglas Sewell–narrator of the story–sees his friend John die in agony. The death certificate states gastric ulcers but the post mortem’s revealing of poison punctures Anneypenny’s idyllic backdrop. Soon every friend and neighbour seems to harbour something suspicious. Douglas challenges his readers, or listeners, to answer the key questions before throwing out several scenarios and turning them upside-down in a tantalising path to the truth.

In the little hamlet of Wyvern’s Cross, where good manners, tennis and tea are pivotal to the functioning of society, little Dr Bickleigh has a rather large problem: he needs to erase his insufferable wife. His meetings with Ivy are becoming tiresome, and although his burning passion for Gwynyfryd Rattery does not play out as imagined in the toolshed, there is now the infinitely superior Madeleine Cranmere to be worshipped… Resourceful but impulsive, Dr Bickleigh is consumed with the image of his goal.

A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. В настоящем сборнике представлены романы «Убийства единорога», Убийства в стиле Джуди и Панча и «Десять чайных чашек, или Убийство павлиньими перьями», которые продолжают серию о великолепном сэре Генри Мерривейле — обаятельном, эксцентричном, взбалмошном толстяке, ставшем, по признанию критиков, одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

Когда Джорджа Эббершоу приглашают на уик-энд в Блэк-Дадли, он видит в этом шанс сделать предложение Мегги Олифант. Но безобидное развлечение гостей превращается в смертельную игру, и поиск преступника теперь занимает Джорджа больше, чем будущая помолвка.

Til en ungdomsfest praler den unge Joyce Reynolds af at have været vidne til en forbrydelse: ”Jeg så et mord,” siger hun … Hercule Poirot tror dog ikke på hendes historie. Og heller ingen andre tror tilsyneladende på hende, men det koster hende livet, og da festen er slut, finder man hendes lig. Poirot bliver overtalt til at påtage sig opklaringen, og han opdager snart, at livet i denne lille forstad til London ikke er nær så fredeligt som først antaget.

Der sker mærkelige ting på plejehjemmet Ömheten: Et mystisk indbrud efterfulgt af et dødsfald vækker mistanke hos den pensionerede politimand Tore Lindahl. På Norrtelje Dagblad keder ferieafløseren, journalist Veronika Wiklund, sig, så da Tore kontakter hende om sin mistanke, begynder de straks at efterforske sagen sammen. Dødsfaldet på Ömheten fører dem ind i et virvar af forbrydelser. Spørgsmålene vokser i takt med, at de graver dybere i sagen.

Марджери Луиза Эллингем — английская писательница, принадлежащая «золотому веку английской литературы», признанная «королева детектива» наряду с Агатой Кристи, Дороти Сэйерс и Найо Марш. Наибольшую известность приобрели книги Эллингем о сыщике-джентльмене Альберте Кэмпионе. В этот том вошли первые три романа ее главного цикла. В романе «Тайны Мистери-Майл» сыщику Альберту Кэмпиону предостоит распутать непостое дело. В руках судьи Крауди Лоббетта — улики, раскрывающие личность преступного гения. Четыре покушения на жизнь вынуждают судью обратиться за помощью к Альберту Кэмпиону.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. Роман «Убийства единорога» продолжает серию о великолепном сэре Генри Мерривейле — обаятельном, эксцентричном, взбалмошном толстяке, ставшем, по признанию критиков, одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

The oldest bonds are the hardest severed. When Fabio’s aunt Lucretia flexes her match-making muscles, he seeks escape from a marriage to shy, bored Adriane. Luckily, his friend Petros needs help investigating a possible rebellion in Vademlutra. All Fabio has to do is pretend to be poor and keep his wits about him. Certain there’s nothing to investigate, Fabio settles down for a week in the tavern until a lost young woman in the woods captivates him. Where is she from and why is she so keen to die?