The Listerdale Mystery

The Listerdale Mystery PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877448270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
A bankrupt upper-class family rents a wonderful mansion for a ridiculously low price. The house belongs to Lord Listerdale, who has supposedly gone on a trip but no one knows where. Rupert, the son of Mrs. San Vicente, the tenant, believes that the man is dead and that his body is hidden somewhere in the house. A series of coincidences will help the young man discover the mystery behind the former owner.

Philomel Cottage

Philomel Cottage PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 987744853X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
Alix falls in love with a perfect stranger: Gerald Martin; and despite the opposition of her friend Dick Windyford, she marries him. The couple decides to buy and live at Philomel Cottage; a nice cabin lost in the country. Suddenly, Alix begins to think that her husband is a murderer who wants to keep her money and desperately must find the way to escape without arousing his suspicions. Will she make it?

The Golden Ball

The Golden Ball PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: MB Cooltura
ISBN: 9877448734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A brave young man is fired from the family business by his millionaire uncle. Embittered, he accidentally meets a girl who is fleeing her engagement to a duke and seems to be looking for the same thing as him: a day off. They will live a great adventure together and discover that despite their differences they can be soul mates.

A Fruitful Sunday

A Fruitful Sunday PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302752
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25

Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Edward Palgrove has saved up to buy a small car, which he and his fiancée, Dorothy Pratt, are both proud of. But neither one is prepared for the journey it will take them on.

Jane in Search of a Job

Jane in Search of a Job PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062211129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46

Book Description
A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…

Parker Pyne Investigates

Parker Pyne Investigates PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062006711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Agatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead. Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne." Equally adept at putting together the fragments of a murder mystery or the pieces of a broken marriage, Mr. Parker Pyne is possibly the world's most unconventional private investigator. Armed with just his intuitive knowledge of human nature, he is an Englishman abroad, traveling the globe to solve and undo crime and misdemeanor.

The Hound of Death

The Hound of Death PDF Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006230061X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16

Book Description
An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. A young Englishman visiting Cornwall finds himself delving into the legend of a Belgian nun who is living as a refugee in the village. Possessed of supernatural powers, she is said to have caused her entire convent to explode when it was occupied by invading German soldiers during World War I. Sister Angelique was the only survivor. Could such a tall tale possibly be true?
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