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Hercule Poirot is reluctant to answer a letter demanding his services by the reclusive and eccentric millionaire Benedict Farley. Farley wants him to diagnose his recurring dream of death, in which he shoots himself at precisely 3:28 p.m. Then, a week after dismissing Poirot, the dream becomes real. Each member of the Farley household that Poirot questions seems to be more puzzled than the one before. Was Benedict Farley's death a suicide? Or are darker forces at work?

Everyone blamed Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.

Durante una escapada al pintoresco lago Windermere, el famoso detective Hércules Poirot y su inseparable amigo Hastings conocen a Mary Durrant, una joven que transporta valiosas miniaturas de Napoleón para venderlas a un coleccionista estadounidense. Pero el trayecto se convierte en pesadilla cuando las antigüedades desaparecen sin dejar rastro. ¿Quién es el ladrón? ¿Cómo pudo cometer el robo en un autobús lleno de testigos? Poirot, con su aguda intuición y su inigualable lógica, deberá desenmascarar al culpable antes de que el viaje termine.

War-wounded sailor Dickie Carpenter is haunted by strange visitations from a ghostly woman. When his friend Robert tries to solve the mystery, though, he ultimately has to fight his own terrifying battle between love and death.

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Chocolate Box,” Poirot describes a case he was unable to solve. Investigating the apparent poisoning of a popular Belgian civil servant, Poirot goes undercover to expose the murderer, only to discover the case is not so tidy as he thinks. But who could have wanted the man dead? This short story originally appeared in the May 23, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

In this Agatha Christie masterpiece, recently orphaned Anne Beddingfield sets out on the adventure of a lifetime but during her travels, she gets far more than she bargained for. While in London, the beautiful Anne witnesses a gruesome death when a stranger falls onto the rail tracks. A doctor comes out of nowhere, declaring the stranger dead.

When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne to escape his boredom. Pyne's assistant arranges a chance meeting with the beautiful Freda Clegg and the two join forces, but on leaving for Africa they encounter more than they had bargained for.

Sidelined by his war injuries in 1916, Captain Hastings travels to his friend’s estate at Styles Court to recover from his wounds. As the summer heats up, a tragic murder occurs, and Hastings calls upon the services of his old acquaintance Hercule Poirot. With seemingly unrelated clues - a scrap of a burned will, a false beard, and an empty packet of bromide - the brilliant detective launches his first investigation on English soil and forges an enduring friendship.

Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a mere coincidence? And did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?

"Le train est aussi dangereux que le paquebot", affirme Hercule Poirot... Le lendemain, dans une voiture de l'Orient-Express bloqué par les neiges yougoslaves, on découvre le cadavre d'un américain lardé de douze coups de couteau. L'assassin n'a pu venir de l’extérieur : voici donc un huis clos, le plus fameux, peut-être, de toute la littérature policière.

Se avete amato il libro, impossibile perdere la versione audiolibro di uno dei più famosi romanzi di Agatha Christie: C'è un Cadavere in Biblioteca...

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford wait anxiously for a letter from Russia that may contain information of international importance hidden beneath the stamp. The letter is anticipated by more than just the Beresfords, and they must fight to keep the information from getting into the wrong hands.

Contents: Preface, The Secret Adversary, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

In The Clergyman's Daughter, the picturesque calm of village life hides secrets that most wouldn't dare to uncover. A simple question turns Tommy and Tuppence's world upside down, leading them to a labyrinth of hidden motives and unsettling truths. What does the daughter of a village clergyman know, and why does every answer seem to raise even more questions? As whispers of deception emerge, the Beresfords must tread lightly in a place where appearances mask unexpected dangers. Sometimes, beneath the quiet charm of the countryside lies a mystery too dark to leave untouched.

Tommy Beresford and Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley are young, in love … and flat broke. Restless for excitement and facing a shortage of job opportunities in postwar London, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—“willing to do anything, go anywhere.” But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment leads them into increasingly dangerous situations involving international spies, a Russian count, the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, an amnesia patient, and a fiendishly clever archcriminal known only as “Mr. Brown.”

Though not as prevalent as the well-known Poirot and Miss Marple, their companionship brings a fun and adventurous tone to the few books in which they feature. The novel centers around our young sleuths getting embroiled in political conspiracies and secret treaties. Apparently, Agatha Christie overheard a conversation in a cafe in which the name Jane Fish was used. She was struck by the name, which she later changed to Jane Finn. A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2008 by Harper Collins, while the most recent television adaptation of the novel was done in 2015.

The rather disgruntled pair of Tommy and Tuppence are sequestered in the Grand Adlington Hotel, having made a pig's ear out of their latest case. But, while mournfully sipping cocktails, with Tommy oddly dressed as a parson, they are gleefully accosted by their old acquaintance Mr. Bulger, who has London's most beautiful stage actress, Gilda Glen, in tow. Featherbrained and a little confused, Gilda takes Tommy for a real clergyman and scrawls out a desperate note to meet him away from the hotel. While Tommy and Tuppence mull over the note, in storms an old flame of Gilda's, claiming he wants to wring someone's neck.

Sane and sensible Edward Robinson secretly dreams of fast cars, adventurous women, and danger, but his fiancée, Maud, keeps him grounded in reality. When Edward wins money in a newspaper competition, he immediately buys the sleek red car of his dreams without telling Maud. Adventure swiftly ensues, as he is embroiled in high-society scandals that lead him to a significant transformation.

Uno de los misterios más celebrados de la gran dama del crimen. La obra de teatro más representada de la historia. Giles y Mollie Ralston acaban de abrir una pensión en una mansión antigua que Mollie ha heredado y solo desean que las primeras personas que acogen tengan una estancia plácida. Sin embargo, cuando una nevada intensa deja la mansión Monkswell totalmente incomunicada, la noticia que les proporciona el sargento Trotter no resulta muy tranquilizadora: los clientes de la pensión se encuentran bajo la amenaza de un posible asesinato.

The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper is a short story written by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in October 1924. During a lull in business, Tommy and Tuppence amuse themselves by perusing the paper's personal columns. One cryptic ad reads, "Three hearts … 12 tricks … Ace of Spades … finesse the King." Tommy is certain it is a secret message indicating a crime about to be committed.