Christie, Agatha

Summary: Tommy's Aunt Ada had died peacefully at Sunny Ridge, a home for elderly ladies. Then her friend, Mrs. Lancaster, vanished suddenly in the care of somewhat mysterious relatives. It could have been a natural series of events, as Tommy suggested. But Tuppence had her doubts, and she set out to justify them.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: In this ingenious puzzler -- the last novel Agatha Christie ever wrote -- Tommy and Tuppence Beresford discover a clue to a killer's identity within the pages of a children's storybook.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1973

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Christie, Agatha

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulverscroft 1992

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, but when Elinor's childhood friend, Mary Gerrard attempts to ingratiate herself with Elinor's wealthy aunt the stage is set for tragedy. When Elinor's aunt dies, Mary inherits a large bequest but when she too is soon found dead, it is up to Hercule Poirot to find out if the case against Elinor is a simple as it seems.

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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks 2004

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: "At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce--a hostile thirteen-year-old--boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence.' But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a doubler murderer ..."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Eleven stories deal with a murder trial, a premonition of death, a ghostly possession, a mysterious cry for help, a poisoning, and a wealthy aunt's will.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow/HarperCollins 2012

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot's vacation in the Holy Land is interrupted by death in Petra, where the lifeless body of Mrs. Boynton, a detestable English woman who cowed her family and strangers alike, is found atop the rose red cliffs. Though her family claims her heart failure was a natural event, the tiny puncture mark on her wrist is a clear sign of the fatal injection that really killed her.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Thirteen guests gather for drinks at actor Charles Cartwright?s seaside escape. Benign Reverend Babbington, who rarely imbibes, takes one sip of his beverage and keels over dead. Soon after Sir Bartholomew Strange convenes the same party and meets his own end after swallowing port. One death could be natural, but two mean murder. Hercule Poirot, who was present at both affairs, stages a third...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: As instructed, stenographer Shelia Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Cresent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Shelia clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o'clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2016

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Styles Court, the Essex manor house, scene of master detective Hercule Poirot's first triumph. An air of evil still touches the gracious grounds--and the fierce little Belgian pits his brilliant mind against the vanity of killers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot investigates the double suicide deaths of Lord and Lady Ravenscroft that occurred twelve years ago. There are hints that it was not suicide after all.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: A summer-themed collection of mysteries features Agatha Christie's most famous characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The stories were originally published in the 1920s and 1930s; the Introduction was originally published in 1977.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure, poisoned by a deadly cocktail. It seems likely that the cocktail was intended for the beautiful actress. But while the police fumble to find clues, Miss Marple begins to ask her own questions, because as she knows—even the most peaceful village can...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Train journeys through rolling countryside and cruises across the open ocean might sound like paradise, but when murder strikes mid-journey, they're anything but. Even on vacation, tensions can bubble beneath the surface, and when the end of the line leads to murder, everyone's a suspect.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: "How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes? Hercule Poirot is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. First came a sinister warning to Poirot t to eat any plum pudding ... then the discovery of a corpse in a chest ... next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder ... the strange case of the dead man who...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. When he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's 'private collection.' Three of the other players turn out to be Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Col. Race of His...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Ever since Arlena's arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her, including Arlena's new husband. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent crime of passion? conceals something much more evil.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Richard Abernethie's unscrupulous relatives, interested only in their respective shares of the rich man's estate, become suspects in Hercule Poirot's search for a killer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot becomes entangled in a nasty web of family secrets when he comes across a fresh murder at an English country manor.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot's relaxing holiday on the Cornish coast takes an unexpected turn when he meets young and beautiful Nick Buckley. Though Nick tries to shrug off the bullet that barely misses her as an accident, just one more event in her recent chain of bad luck, Poirot is convinced she needs his protection. After a fatal attack, apparently aimed at Nick but gone awry, Poirot spirits her away to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead 1985

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot is summoned when a young woman is accused of murdering her wealthy aunt's house companion--Novelist.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1984

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Christie, Agatha

Summary: Although Gwenda and Giles Reed are determined to solve a macabre puzzle involving a hauntingly familiar Victorian villa and a terrifying vision of a strangled woman, Miss Jane Marple advises them not to uncover a long unreported murder.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1985

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