The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man??s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of […]
A full-length novel by Charles Osborne adapted from Agatha Christie??s stage play, in which a diplomat??s wife finds a body that mustn??t be discovered?? Following BLACK COFFEE and THE UNEXPECTED GUEST comes the final Agatha Christie play novelisation, bringing her superb storytelling to a new legion of fans. Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office […]
Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary ?? in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one year previously. No one present on that fateful night would ever forget the woman??s face, contorted beyond […]
When three bodies are found in a prosperous hotel in London, the police are surprised to find strange monogrammed cufflinks in victims?? mouths. Hercule Poirot gets on the case, and he suspects that the murders might be linked to a strangely excited woman he??d come across. However, can even the legendary Hercule Poirot crack this […]
The first three of six psychological romance novels, love stories with a jagged edge, by the Queen of Crime, writing under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. This omnibus gathers together the first three Mary Westmacott novels: Giant??s Bread: When a gifted composer returns home after being reported killed in the war, he finds his wife has […]
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories contains 51 short stories of crime solving by the famous detective Hercule Poirot. These stories capture all of this mysterious detective??s feats in solving the crimes of the world. Poirot grabs attention right at the start with his odd appearance. His long, twirly moustache, egg-shaped head, and peculiar mannerisms […]
A collection of Miss Marple mysteries, plus some bonus short stories… First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound… then, the riddle of a dead man??s buried treasure… the curious conduct of a caretaker after a fatal riding accident… the corpse and a tape-measure… the girl framed for theft… and the suspect accused […]
Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia. The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in […]
Endless Night starts off with the love story of Michael Rogers, who is the protagonist, and Fenella ??Ellie? Guteman. They fall in love with each other at first sight. The two first meet at Gipsy??s Acre, which is a piece of land facing the sea, and is filled with dark fir trees. As he met […]
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense??creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters??brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In The Mirror Crack??d from Side to Side, […]
When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after archaeologist Dr Leidners wife Louise at a dig, she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties: she also has to help solve murders. Hercule Poirot is visiting the excavation site but will the great detective be in time to prevent a multiple murderer from striking […]