Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062243985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater. A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which in turn would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection of murder most foul showcases Christie at her inventive best, proving her reputation as "the champion deceiver of our time" (New York Times).

The Under Dog and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780062094421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
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.

Yellow Iris

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 057370659X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
A distressed phone call from a mystery woman brings Hercule Poirot to the hotel Jardin des Cygnes, where a man commemorates the four-year anniversary of his wife’s sudden death – a death under very suspicious circumstances that Poirot himself witnessed. Gathered is everyone present on that fateful night and now Poirot must find a killer in the midst, before they strike again.

Problem at Sea

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062298313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology Poirot's Early Cases. On a ship bound for Egypt, a woman is found stabbed to death in her cabin. Unfortunately for the murderer, Hercule Poirot is on board.

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780553350791
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
A collection of short mysteries that feature Poirot, Miss Marple or Parker Pyne. These involve murders, a stolen diamond, and a woman who wants her son's engagement to an unsuitable woman to be broken.

13 for Luck

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

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

In a Glass Darkly

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. The narrator is startled by a vision in his mirror: He sees a man with a scarred neck strangling a beautiful blonde. He later meets the woman in his vision, Sylvia, and notes her fiancé's scarred neck. He tells her of his premonition, and the engagement is broken off. But is that all there is to it?

Miss Marple Tells a Story: A Miss Marple Short Story

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007526504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

The Regatta Mystery And Other Stories

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062242636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories—a riveting collection of short stories featuring a host of murderous crimes of passion, pleasure, and profit. There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric. What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge, passion, and pleasure. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, it's going to take a multitude of talent to solve these clever crimes. In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finest—Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne—and puts them each to the test in the most challenging cases of their careers.

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (General Press)

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789354995248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
First published in 1925, 'The Witness for the Prosecution' is a short story and play by Agatha Christie, an English writer best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, specifically those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. When affluent spinster, Emily French is found murdered, skepticism falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she impatiently bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heiliger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine notifies the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood. During the trial, Ms. French's housekeeper, Janet, gives damning proof against Vole, and, as Romaine's cross-examination begins, her motives come under scrutiny from the courtroom. The packed courtroom waited as Romaine mounted the stand to deliver the testimony that has made this the masterpiece of suspense and shock. The ultimate question is whether justice will prevail or not.