Problem at Pollensa Bay

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000742275X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8

Book Description
A collection of short stories featuring some of Agatha Christie’s best-loved detectives – Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and Harley Quin...

Problem at Pollensa Bay

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006200672X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
A classic from the queen of mystery: Agatha Christie.

The Second Gong

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129651
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England, is owned by the last remaining heir and ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays music and times dinner exactly by a resounding gong. Rushing down at the sound of the second—or is it the first?—gong, Joan Ashby is about to find out that not only is dinner delayed, but something is going on that no one can explain. Everyone is thrown into disarray when Old Hubert never materializes and instead a new guest is announced: Hercule Poirot himself. What unfolds is a mystery of lovers, and a death that is not as it appears.

Yellow Iris

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
An alarming telephone call, in which the phrases “it’s life and death” and “the table with the yellow irises” are whispered, causes Hercule Poirot to rush to the luxuriant restaurant Jardin des Cygnes, desperate to stop an impending murder and find the person behind the voice on the phone. After bumping into an old acquaintance, he is invited to join a dinner party in full swing. But, just as the dancing and champagne are overflowing, a morbid announcement is made and the lights go out. By the time the lights come back on, everything has changed….

Next to a Dog

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Widow Joyce Lambert is poor and out of work. So fond is she of her little half-blind aging terrier, Terry—a gift from her late husband—that she will do just about anything to keep him.

Parker Pyne Investigates

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.

Problem at Pollensa Bay

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Parker Pyne is on holiday at the Hotel Pino D’Oro on the island of Mallorca. Unfortunately also staying at the hotel are two fellow British guests, Mrs. Adela Chester and her dutiful young son, Basil. When Mrs. Chester discovers that Pyne is a “wizard” at solving human problems, she calls on him to save Basil from a most unsuitable marriage.

13 for Luck

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Thirteen stoires about six of the author's detectives.

Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006472421
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. This collection of short stories features Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and, of course, Poirot - who finds his skills tested to the full.

The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062212583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Maria Packington suspects her husband of having an affair. In an attempt to revitalise her marriage, she responds to an ad from Mr. Parker Pyne – who promises to provide solutions to unhappiness. Maria's life soon undergoes a rapid transformation…