The Mystery of the Blue Train

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593685377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
Agatha Christie’s beloved detective Hercule Poirot solves the murder of an American heiress by restaging her final journey by night train—with all of the suspects aboard. When the fabled Blue Train, the luxury overnight passenger express to the Riviera, arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to awaken Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But the wealthy American socialite will never wake again, for a brutal blow has killed her, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition. What is more, her famously valuable rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Hercule Poirot is not convinced, and so he stages an eerie reenactment of the journey—with all of the suspected murderers aboard. A VINTAGE CLASSIC MYSTERY

The Plymouth Express

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062210963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of short mystery fiction all featuring Hercule Poirot as the investigator. A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancée is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head. Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.

Stagestruck

Author: Peter Lovesey
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569479488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
"Lovesey is a wizard at mixing character-driven comedy with realistic-to-grim suspense. And in a writing career spanning four decades, he has created a stylish and varied body of work." —The Wall Street Journal Pop diva, Clarion Calhoun, has packed the house with a celebrity appearance in Bath's Theatre Royal production of I Am a Camera. But within moments of her much-anticipated onstage appearance, she's pulled out of character as she screams and claws at her face. When tainted stage makeup is found to have caused the disfiguring burn, fingers point to her makeup artist. Detective Peter Diamond investigates when the makeup artist is found dead, pushed from a catwalk far above the stage. As Diamond digs deeper, he uncovers rivalries among the cast and crew and is forced to confront his own mysterious and deep-seated theatre phobia to find the killer.

The Mystery of the Blue Ring

Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453220399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
DIVSecond-grader Dawn Bosco puts her mystery-solving skills to the test when her former best friend, Emily Arrow, loses her birthday ring/divDIV /divDIVDawn Bosco and Emily Arrow used to be best friends, until Dawn took Emily’s unicorn. Even though Dawn eventually gave it back, Emily still won’t talk to her./divDIV /divDIVWhen Emily’s blue birthday ring goes missing after art class, the rest of the second grade accuses Dawn of stealing it. Dawn sets out to solve the mystery herself to prove she is innocent—and maybe get her best friend back./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Patricia Reilly Giff including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

Murder on Board

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 616

Book Description
Three in one complete mystery novels.

On the Blue Train

Author: Kristel Thornell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760293109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
What really did happen to Agatha Christie during her mysterious eleven-day disappearance just as she was on the cusp of fame?

The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479441325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

Book Description
A weekend shooting party ends with the host shot in his study. With Poirot ill, Hastings must investigate on his behalf. Search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Agatha Christie" to see our complete series of Hercule Poirot novel and short story reprints, which include: NOVELS The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Special Edition—includes the novel The Secret Adversary) The Murder on the Links (Bonus Edition—includes "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor") SHORT STORIES The Affair at the Victory Ball The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan The Adventures of the King of Clubs The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Plymouth Express The Adventure of "The Western Star" The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge The Clue of the Chocolate Box The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Case of the Veiled Lady The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly The Market Basing Mystery The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Case of the Missing Will The Adventure of the Clapham Cook The Lost Mine The Cornish Mystery The First Wish The Double Clue The LeMesurier Inheritance

Mystery Train

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN: 9780671674649
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys are on a private train from Chicago to San Francisco investigating the theft of the Comstock diamond.

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486853705
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
A thrilling journey aboard the luxurious Blue Train bound for the French Riviera, a beautiful heiress, a precious collection of rubies, and a love triangle form the backdrop of Agatha Christie's fifth Hercule Poirot novel.

Three Act Tragedy

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062073834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…