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Summertime - as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From Cornwall to the French Riviera, whether against a background of Delphic temples or English country houses, Agatha Christie’s most famous characters solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the summer sun beats down. Pull up a deckchair and enjoy plot twists and red herrings galore from the best-selling fiction writer of all time.

Is the ‘perfect murder’ possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable—even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000-26,000 words.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These books have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000-26,000 words.

Mystery writer Anthony Eastwood is lured to the crime scene of a faked murder. Two individuals masquerading as police officers arrest him and charge him for murder. As the phoney police officers escort Mr Eastwood home, the true goal of the masquerade becomes apparent.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. Sitting in front of a fire, Hastings listens as Poirot recounts his greatest failure. When a wealthy French deputy dies, everyone believes it is from natural causes. Poirot is on vacation from the Belgian police when a young lady comes to him convinced the man was poisoned. She creates a guise for him to enter the house as a journalist to investigate....

An ageing barrister begins to regret past events when an old flame asks him to investigate the murder of her eccentric wealthy aunt in a mystery that recalls an old nursery rhyme....

When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne in order 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.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. What is the mystery of the velvet-suited doll that appears to move from place to place? Is someone responsible, or can it be possible that it possesses its own sinister qualities?

James has found himself at the fashionable resort Kimpton-on-Sea, all due to the persuasion of the young Grace who during the last few months of their courtship has become distinctly uppish. Amongst the upper echelons of society, including the Rajah of Maraputna, James feels distinctly disgruntled and out of place. Eager to both irritate and win over his sometime girlfriend, James bypasses the queue to the beach changing rooms and ducks into the private huts before impressively being the first in the sea.

When Mr Satterthswaite visits a new exhibit at the Harchester Galleries, there is one painting with a male figure that bares a more than unusual likeness to a mysterious acquaintance of his, a Mr Quin. And with one bold move he purchases the canvas on the spot and in another invites the artist of The Dead Harlequin to dine with him that night. The dinner gets off on the wrong foot with the artist emphatically disagreeing with most points and an empty place at the table ready for the mysterious Mr Quin to arrive.

Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the case of the Spanish Chest, so obviously has it been reported in the papers that it seems an entirely closed book. But, when Hastings persuades Poirot to attend a rather fabulous party given by Lady Chatterton, there is someone sequestered upstairs waiting for the pair’s help. She’s so sure that there has been some great mistake and is desperate for their help. Will the contents of the dead man’s pockets reveal to the inscrutable eye of Hercule Poirot who the culprit is?

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. A retired Police Inspector recognizes a woman in his village whom he once suspected of murdering her husband. He is determined that her new husband won’t suffer the same fate....

There's a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter.... It's the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fireplace with this winter-themed collection from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This compendium of short stories, some featuring beloved Detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, is an essential omnibus for Christie fans and the perfect gift for mystery lovers.

Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate. Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. There is one strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there from the rest of the Devonport family.

Záhada na zámku Styles je prvním románem Agathy Christie s jedinečným a dnes již legendárním belgickým detektivem Herculem Poirotem. Debutující spisovatelka mu hned na úvod připravila nelehký úkol: Když v rozlehlém sídle za podivných okolností umírá jeho postarší, křehká, leč bohatá majitelka, podezření, že byla otrávena, se brzy změní ve skutečnost. Kdo je však vrahem? Manžel Alfréd? Nevlastní syn John Cavendish? Jeho krásná tajemná žena Mary? Nebo snad rodinný lékař?

Kapitán Hastings, Hercule Poirot a zámek Styles - tam ti dva poprvé vyrazili na lov vraha tehdejší majitelky. A tam se také po letech setkávají, aby společně odhalili dalšího mimořádně nebezpečného zločince. Slavný detektiv, sužovaný stářím a chorobou, se za pomoci svých malých šedých buněk a věrného přítele naposledy pouští do souboje se zlem v lidské podobě - výhru si však tentokrát vybere nejen spravedlnost (byť ve zcela nečekané podobě), ale i smrt.

Jedna rozvětvená rodina, jeden zvláštní dům a mnoho nebezpečných tajemství... Příběh, který Agatha Christie označila za jednu ze svých nejoblíbenějších detektivek, nepřivádína scénu ani slavnou slečnu Marplovou, ani bystrého ješitu Hercula Poirota. Ve velkém, poněkud bizarním domě na předměstí Londýna žije rozvětvená rodina řeckého přistěhovalce Aristida Leonidese. Když bohatý starý pán náhle zemře, vše nasvědčuje tomu, že byl úkladně zabit a pachatele je nutno hledat mezi rodinnými příslušníky.

Čtyři lidé: tajemník, neteř, zahradník a stará hospodyně. Čtyři podezřelí, a jeden krutý zločin, který zůstal nepotrestán. Břemeno neodbytného podezření s sebou životem vleče každý z nich. Podaří se slečně Marplové po letech případ rozlousknout a usvědčit vraha?

Men förutom det var det en hel del som var underligt med fallet. Det hade försvunnit en massa föremål från hemmet: en ryggsäck, en kokbok, en diamantring, ett stetoskop, en puderdosa, ett par byxor, en sko, några glödlampor och en burk borsyrepulver.