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When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man’s Folly, a classic from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie. Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel...

This is a story from the The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I collection.

Young Marjorie Clune's best asset is her greatest misfortune: a pair of exquisite legs. They attract the perfect heel, a self-professed movie promoter named Frank Patton, whose scam seems even more flawless than Marjorie's lissome limbs. When the hype clears, the local chamber of commerce is many dollars poorer, Marjorie's been hung out to dry - and Patton's been found with the knife of Marjorie's lover implanted in his chest....

Twenty-three great Sherlock Holmes mysteries as published in Strand Magazine. These stories have won over readers in the thousands and have helped make Sherlock Holmes the most popular and most famous detective of all times. Arthur Conan Doyle, was born in Scotland in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools in England and Austria. In 1881 he finished a medical degree and signed on as a surgeon aboard a whaling vessel in the Arctic. After an unsuccessful medical practice, Doyle started writing. Sherlock Holmes was an instant success.

Former con-artist photographers Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak are en route from the grit of New York City to the glitter of Sunset Boulevard when their dreams are waylaid in a tragic roadside accident with an errant turkey. But getting stuck in the off-the-map community of Thursday County, Iowa, has an upside: a blushing farmer’s daughter with a promising sob story. To help her ailing grandma, the Halvorsen family turkey farm is up for grabs. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Bingo and Handsome plan to make a bundle off the gobbling herd.

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.

The Adventure of the Seven Christmas Cards – A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story. As the year comes to a close, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must set out through snow laden London to investigate the theft of a priceless clock and the receipt of seven macabre Christmas cards. Will they solve...

The Continental Detective Agency's Operative is sent on a case to Personville. The locals call their town "Poisonville," and the Op would soon find out why as the bodies start piling up. Dirty cops, gang wars, floozies, bootleggers, and hit men are all in Dashiell Hammett's first full-length novel featuring the Continental Op, the original hard-boiled private detective.

Embark on a journey across Europe with Agatha Christie and some of her most iconic creations in this collection of short stories. From the mountainous landscapes of Switzerland to the glamourous streets of Cannes, each story immerses you in a world of mystery, intrigue, and clever solutions...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A prima donna soprano is commissioned to give a command performance at a country estate. It sets off a chain of tragic events – but are they accidents or an act of revenge?...

La señora Pengelley, una mujer angustiada, acude a Hércules Poirot convencida de que su propio marido la está envenenando. Solo se siente enferma cuando él prepara las comidas y una botella de veneno aparece misteriosamente vacía. Poirot y Hastings viajan hasta el remoto pueblo de Polgarwith, pero llegan demasiado tarde: la señora Pengelley ha muerto. La sospecha recae sobre el marido, pero en esta comunidad todos parecen ocultar algo.

Durante una elegante fiesta en la mansión de Lord Mayfield, los planos ultrasecretos de un revolucionario avión militar desaparecen sin dejar rastro. Entre los invitados, una seductora espía americana, un mariscal de alto rango, políticos y sirvientes, todos bajo sospecha. El escándalo amenaza con desatar una crisis nacional… y solo Hércules Poirot, el legendario detective, puede desvelar la verdad detrás de un crimen que desafía toda lógica.

Cuando el famoso detective Hércules Poirot es llamado para resolver la extraña desaparición del chef de la casa Blackbird, la intriga se desata. Cada miembro de la familia parece ocultar algo, y cada pista es una nota en una sinfonía de sospechas.

Cuando el señor Wu Ling, un hombre de negocios chino que custodia el único mapa de una legendaria mina de plata, aparece muerto en Londres antes de cerrar un trato millonario, el caso queda en manos del incomparable Hércules Poirot. Acompaña a Poirot y Hastings en una investigación donde cada sonido te transporta: el bullicio de Chinatown, el rumor del río Támesis, el crujir de antiguos pergaminos y el suspense de cada revelación.

Durante una elegante velada en la alta sociedad londinense, las valiosas joyas del excéntrico coleccionista Marcus Hardman desaparecen de su caja fuerte, desatando el escándalo entre sus selectos invitados. Desesperado por evitar el escarnio público, Hardman recurre al legendario Hércules Poirot, quien deberá desenredar una trama donde nada es lo que parece y cada pista puede ser un engaño. ¿Quién es el verdadero culpable? ¿El joven Parker, la enigmática condesa rusa Vera Rossakoff o quizá alguien aún más inesperado?

Dolores Diaz, fresh off a divorce, is thrust back into her estranged father's world after his mysterious murder. The once-quiet town of Little Horton is now a labyrinth of secrets and violence. As the body count rises, Dolores finds herself entangled in a web of deception woven eighteen years ago. She must confront her traumatic past, where a beloved hometown turned into a nightmare, and where the lines between innocence and culpability blur.

When a local Romeo goes missing and two more young men are attacked, Chief Inspector Wexford begins to suspect murder. Rodney Williams was neither handsome nor wealthy, but he had an unerring eye for a pretty girl and when he disappeared and two other men were later attacked by a young woman...

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Read by an all star cast that include Albert Finney and Claire Bloom this audio recording is a...

Julie Mulhern presents a new book in the Country Club Murders series...

They’re making a major feature film of the first Hawthorne/Horowitz mystery novel. Except—they’re behind schedule, they’ve run out of money and . . . oh! The star has just been murdered. Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne is dead. Or, rather, the actor playing him in the film...