True Crime is an edge-of-the-seat suspense novel that graphically portrays the final moments leading up to a condemned killers appointment with the executioner. The plot is familiar but convincing: An inmate, Frank Beachum, denies any involvement in the murder of a young pregnant woman. His only chance for survival lies in the hands of a […]
Agatha Christies genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart–or the dark passions that can stop it–better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime. Destination Unknown Thomas Charles Betterton, a famous scientist, has vanished. […]
A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen…Sir Stafford Nyes journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt — a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her. Yet their paths are to cross again and again — […]
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous “grey cells” so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings-including what would appear to be the earliest Poirot short story, “The Affair at the Victory Ball,” which follows […]
The last novel Agaha Christie ever wrote. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford discover a clue to a killers identity within the pages of a childrens storybook. In this ingenious puzzler-the last novel Agatha Christie ever wrote-Tommy and Tuppence Beresford discover a clue to a killers identity within the pages of a childrens storybook.
Impulsive and good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom shes vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edwards shadow, and she hears […]
When a widow tries to collect on her inheritance, her late husbands family is unpleasantly surprised. Theyre even more horrified by the news that this lovely stranger may be a bigamist. Now murder shakes the family tree, and its time for Hercule Poirot to investigate.
The Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and falls over dead. Since there is no trace of poison or foul play, the case is closed . . . until an identical death at a London party arouses the suspicions of Hercule […]
Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of England, Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha Christie??s most intriguing mysteries. When a gorgeous young bride is brutally strangled to death on the beach, only Hercule Poirot can sift through the secrets that shroud […]
What do a movie star, an archaeologist, a French maid, a prime minister, a wealthy dowager, and an Italian count have in common? Half of them have fallen victim to a terrible crime. The others have fallen under suspicion. Leave the deductions to Hercule Poirot. When Poirot investigates, people read. What do a movie star, […]