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Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are back in Partners in Crime, Agatha Christie's delightful collection of short mysteries featuring the clever and adventurous husband-and-wife detective duo. When they take over the International Detective Agency, they find themselves entangled in a series of baffling cases, from missing jewels to international espionage. With their signature charm, wit, and a dash of daring, Tommy and Tuppence tackle each case while playfully imitating famous literary detectives.

A blinding snowstorm - and a homicidal maniac - traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which in turn would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection of murder most foul showcases Christie at her inventive best.

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?

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.

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.

Benedict Farley, un excéntrico magnate, acude desesperado al famoso detective para confesarle su obsesión: cada noche sueña que, exactamente a las 12:28, toma un revólver y se dispara en la sien. Una semana después, el sueño se convierte en realidad: Farley aparece muerto en su despacho, a la misma hora, con la puerta cerrada y sin que nadie haya entrado ni salido. Todo apunta a un suicidio… pero Poirot no se deja engañar por las apariencias.

Durante la exclusiva fiesta de disfraces en el Colossus Hall, el ambiente se torna siniestro cuando el joven vizconde Cronshaw es hallado muerto, apuñalado en pleno salón de baile. Horas después, su prometida, la famosa actriz Coco Courtenay, aparece muerta por una sobredosis. Hércules Poirot, invitado a la velada, se enfrenta a un enigma donde todos ocultan algo y cada detalle puede ser la clave para desenmascarar al asesino.

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.

En plena noche, los planos ultrasecretos de un revolucionario submarino de guerra desaparecen de la mansión de Lord Alloway, presidente del Ministerio de Defensa. Con el prestigio de la nación en juego y la sospecha acechando a cada invitado, solo Hércules Poirot puede descubrir la verdad. ¿Fue la elegante y enigmática Mistress Conrad, o alguien aún más cercano al círculo de confianza?

The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband's murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly, and it's the mild-mannered man she had previously been engaged to, taking his revenge. But, what's worse is that at the end of the dream she thanks the murderer. Perplexed, Alix tries to calm herself by spending time in the garden of her picturesque cottage. But her gardener confuses her further by wishing her well on her trip to London - a trip which Alix knows nothing about. Now Alix is scared: Is the gardener imagining things, or is she?

When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer.

The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station. In Agatha Christie’s classic crime adventure novel, They Came to Baghdad, a bright young adventure seeker in the Middle East finds more excitement than she bargained for when a wounded spy expires in her hotel room.

An impossible grand theft in a posh Brighton hotel. The locked-room murder of an Italian nobleman. The suspicious suicide of a man worth more dead than alive. What are the motives behind these puzzling crimes? In Agatha Christie’s first collection of short stories, eleven mysteries in all, detective Hercule Poirot makes his investigations. Leave it to the unflappable Belgian sleuth and his partner, Captain Arthur Hastings, to put the pieces together.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple, the sharp-witted spinster sleuth. In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner, is the most detested man in the village. Everyone, even the vicar, wishes he were dead. And very soon he is - shot in the head in the vicar's own study.

Every morning at the same hour on the golf course, Jack Hartington hears mysterious cries for help coming from a cottage. He speaks to the resident and learns that she has unsettling dreams of a woman with a blue Chinese vase. Believing that the cries for help are from the late Mrs. Turner, the former resident of the cottage, Jack hires a psychic investigator to spend a night in the house, a night which proves to have startling results.

It had been a typical New Year's Eve party. But as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite - a keen observer of human nature - senses that the real drama of the evening is yet to unfold. And so it proves when a mysterious stranger knocks on the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? Mr. Satterthwaite's new friend is an enigma. He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen - sometimes good, but sometimes deadly....

Two best-selling Agatha Christie novels in one great audiobook. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie's beloved classic The ABC Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer, who is working his way through the alphabet and putting the whole country in a state of panic.

Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.

Hercule Poirot is asked by Prince Paul of Maurania to solve the murder of Henry Reedburn, which has greatly distressed the Prince's fiancée, the famous dancer Valerie Saintclair. The only other witnesses seem to be a family of four who were playing bridge near an open window when she staggered in, crying, "Murder!"