Agatha Christie
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"Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again."...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 6
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Miss Buckley's three near-fatal accidents spur ace detective Hercule Poirot to conduct a search for motives among her friends and neighbors.
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Linnet Doyle is young, beautiful, and rich. She's the girl who has everything-including the man her best friend loves. Linnet and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they meet the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet Poirot has a vague, uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss ...
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A widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secrey affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. Kings Abbot is crawling with suspects and it's up to famous detective, Hercule Poirot, to solve the case.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 32
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"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 ..."--P. [4] of cover.
9) Nemesis
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In utter disbelief, Jane Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel-an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime-the ultimate crime- murder. It seems someone is adamant...
10) The clocks
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 30
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Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent--not the body of a dead man surrounded by clocks. When old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning the clocks, it's clear they are going to need a very good detective.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 12
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Amy Leatheran is hired by archaeologist Dr. Leidner to work as nurse and companion for his wife who is subject to fits of nervous terrors. During their travel to an ancient site in the Iraqi desert, Mrs. Leidner proves to be demanding, yet fascinating. She gradually warms to Amy and, taking her into her confidence, she reveals the source of her terror. Events come to a terrible climax that results in murder. Hercule Poirot must rely on a drop of blood...
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In Sparkling Cyanide, Agatha Christie seats six—including a murderer—around a dining table set for seven, one year to the day that a beautiful heiress was poisoned in that very room.
Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary—"rosemary for remembrance." A strange sentiment considering no one is likely to forget the
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 10
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When a woman is murdered with the venom-dipped dart of a South African blow-gun on a routine flight over the English Channel, none of the other passengers witness anything, including Hercule Poirot, who had been fifteen feet away from the victim.
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In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits. A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed. While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible. In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.
15) Endless night
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Disillusioned with his paltry chauffeur job, Michael Rogers longs for a life of wealth and privilege in Kingston Bishop. His dreams seem desperately out of his reach until a chance meeting with a gorgeous heiress results in marriage and the construction of a wonderful home. However, when the land he has built on turns out to be cursed, Michael's dreams quickly transform into nightmares.
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A selection of Christie's short stories, including the title story, where a man is accused of murdering his wealthy woman friend in order to secure his inheritance. The defendant's mysterious wife stuns the courtroom by giving damaging testimony against her husband. The web of intrigue is finally unwoven in a shocking, chilling conclusion.
19) Crooked house
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2018]
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In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.