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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.

The Agatha Christie Collection is a collection of 11 classic detective novels from the queen of crime fiction. We accompany Hecule Poirot on his first 6 adventures, as well as embark on a journey into the beginning of the Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries and Colonel Race series.

Adventure-seeking Anne Beddingfeld is in London when she sees a stranger fall to his electrifying death in the Tube. A dreadful accident? If so, who is the man in the brown suit fleeing from the scene? Curiosity, and one cryptic clue, leads Anne aboard a cruise ship to Cape Town and into the confidence of Colonel Race, counterintelligence officer for MI5. Drawn into a dangerous conspiracy, Anne’s found the adventure she wanted. And as she’s chased across continents, all she must do now is survive it.

Hercule Poirot is at it again in this murder mystery set both in England and France. Hercule must travel back to France to solve the crime, and finds himself battling the French Police Force as much as the culprit!

¿Es posible que Poirot haya fallado alguna vez? Pues; en esta oportunidad, Hercules Poirot se confiesa ante su amigo Hastings y relata los entretelones del único caso que no fue capaz de resolver: la repentina y extraña muerte de Paul Déroulard, un famoso diputado francés. Poirot está de vacaciones cuando recibe la visita de Virginie Mesnard, prima de Madame Déroulard, quien lo convence de que la muerte de Paul no fue natural. Luego de su investigación, Poirot cree haber descubierto al asesino, sin embargo se equivoca de cabo a rabo.

When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew, and Mrs Lancaster talks about "something behind the fireplace", Tommy and Tuppence find themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic.

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?

Un détective peut-il prendre des vacances ? Hercule Poirot va le découvrir à ses dépends… Plongez dans une enquête estivale aux côtés du plus célèbre des enquêteurs belges.

In The Thumbmark of St Peter Miss Marple tells how she was able to help her niece when the poor girl was accused of poisoning her husband. In The Herb of Death foxglove leaves are picked with sage for the dinner with disastrous results, and a burglary at a riverside bungalow sets off an unusual chain of events in The Affair at the Bungalow. In the final story, Sir Henry Clithering, ex-commissioner of Scotland Yard, is staying with his friends Colonel and Mrs Bantry, when news arrives that the village innkeeper's daughter has met her 'death by drowning.'

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.

Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker… Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs abound in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Agatha Christie’s other favourite detectives.

El jabalí de Erimentea sumerge al oyente en una fascinante historia de suspense y enigma. Hércules Poirot se enfrenta al caso más desconcertante de su carrera: el misterio del legendario jabalí. A través de giros inesperados y con una inteligencia narrativa sin igual, la trama se desenreda entre pistas crípticas y revelaciones estremecedoras. Este audiolibro no solo promete entretenimiento; es una invitación a ser testigo de una batalla intelectual contra el tiempo y la astucia de un adversario digno de las antiguas leyendas.

Adéntrate en el misterio de El Cinturón de Hipólita, en el que la autora despliega su genialidad para enredarnos en una trama tan audaz como te puedas imnaginar. Hércules Poirot se enfrenta a un desafío que pone a prueba no solo su intelecto sino su valor. Un artefacto de valor incalculable ha desaparecido, llevando a nuestro detective en una búsqueda que cruza fronteras y desafía la historia. Con cada pista envuelta en el mito y la leyenda, Poirot debe desentrañar la verdad oculta detrás de siglos de engaños.

Captain Sessle is found stabbed through the heart with a hatpin, and the only clue is a bit of red wool in his hand. A pretty blonde is charged because she was wearing a bright red wool coat, but the Beresfords aren't so sure.

Embárcate en una intrigante investigación con el audiolibro dramatizado de Santuario de Agatha Christie. Cuando Bunch Harmon encuentra a un hombre moribundo en la iglesia de su marido, apenas se imagina el complejo misterio que está a punto de desentrañar. Con su último aliento, el hombre pronuncia las palabras "santuario" y muere, dejando a Bunch con un enigma que sólo alguien con la astucia y la perspicacia de Miss Marple puede resolver. A medida que Miss Marple se sumerge en el caso, descubre una red de mentiras, avaricia y engaño.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. 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 carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.

Erstmals im Hörbuch: Hercule Poirot und Ariadne Oliver ermitteln gemeinsam an einem Mordfall. Joyce Reynolds ist kein beliebtes Mädchen. Als sie auf einer Halloween-Party jedem, einschließlich der berühmten Kriminalautorin Mrs Oliver erzählt, dass sie einen Mord beobachtet hat, glaubt ihr niemand. Als sie kurze Zeit später tot in der Bibliothek gefunden wird, ruft man Hercule Poirot herbei. Doch er muss erst einmal herausfinden, ob er einen Mörder oder einen Doppelmörder sucht. Die kleinen grauen Zellen arbeiten auf Hochtouren!

When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt's International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence—married couple and detective aficionados—are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic adventure, but he's lost his fiancée Hermione too. What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. But this information leads the duo into dangerous situations, investigating secluded country houses in the dead of night, and that's only the start of it.

It is just after World War I and Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money. With jobs on thin ice and restless for excitement, they embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers Ltd. 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. When their first assignment, for the sinister Mr. Whittington, puts both of them in mortal danger, they have to use all of their ingenuity and cunning to save not only their own lives, but that of the mysterious Jane Finn.

Simply Media presents Agatha Christie 4 Short Story Poirot Collection, Set 4: The Kidnapped Prime Minister, The Million Dollar Bank Mystery, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat, The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge.