"On a ragged cliff overlooking the sea, two lovers had walked . . . And died violently, their last moments shrouded in mystery. Decades later, lovely young Celia Ravenscroft's life -- and love -- hung on those moments, now buried in the dust of time. Had her parents really been suicides -- or had they been brutally murdered?
The incomparable Hercule Poirot fol...
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"The site of the house called The Towers had once been known as Gipsy's Acre. When it was sold, Michael Rogers went to the auction, though he hadn't any money. His dream was of a new house ...
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Arlena Marshall's appearance on the beach had all the importance of a stage entrance. She wore a simple backless white bathing suit and every inch of her exposed body was tanned a beautiful shade of bronze. Her hair was a rich flaming auburn. There was something about her that made every other woman on the beach seem faded, and that drew the eye of every male-except her husband. The Reverend Stephen Lane turned to Hercule Poirot and said: "That woman is evil through and through. Don't you feel the presen...
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Arlena Marshall's appearance on the beach had all the importance of a stage entrance. She wore a simple backless white bathing suit and every inch of her exposed body was tanned a beautiful shade of bronze. Her hair was a rich flaming auburn. There was something about her that made every other woman on the beach seem fade...
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Arlena Marshall's appearance on the beach had all the importance of a stage entrance. She wore a simple backless white bathing suit and every inch of her exposed body was tanned a beautiful shade of bronze. Her hair was a rich flaming auburn. There was something about her t...
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Original British title: "After the Funeral"
"Richard Abernethie was dead, but none of his quarrelsome relatives was particularly sorry. They were certainly better off, for Richard's will made them all extremely rich. But at the funeral a strange thing happened. Aunt Cora, a batty old art collector, suggested that Richard's death was not quite natural. The family seemed incredulous. Then the next day another corpse was found! Was it coincidence that it happened to be Cora's?
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"The guests included ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties. But the scariest ingredient of the party was the little girl who claimed to have witnessed a murder. Of course, no one believed the child . . . Until she was drowned that very night. Now the great detective, Hercule Poirot, must unmask the murderer amongst the thi...
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"The guests included ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties. But the scariest ingredient of the party was the little girl who claimed to have witnessed a murder. Of course, no one believed the child . . . Until she was drowned that very night. Now the great detective, Hercule Poirot, must unmask the murderer amongst the things that go bump in the night . . . "
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"There comes a time when a master detective needs to get away from it all. But for Mr. Parker Pyne, it was not to be. Crime followed him like a shadow from the moment he took his seat on the Orient Express. The shrieks he heard were unmistakably those of terror - a terror that would strike again and again . . . In the mysterious ruins of Petra. . . In the ancient city of Ba...
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"Hercule Poirot was both annoyed and bored. Death was not amusing, and here, by way of a joke, they had arranged for him a set piece in extremely bad taste. By the side of the crowded pool a body had been artistically arranged with an outflung arm; even some ghoulishly red paint dripped. The 'body' was spectacularly handsome, and several people stood...
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"The scientific expedition was probing secrets from the dawn of history in the fabled land of Babylon. Everyone who visited the site came away with the same impression - an eerie tension, a sense that something was 'not right.' The Mercados were visibly nervous. And poor Louise Leidner was beside herself. She had see...
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"Hercule Poirot was both annoyed and bored. Death was not amusing, and here, by way of a joke, they had arranged for him a set piece in extremely bad taste. By the side of the crowded pool a body had been artistically arranged with an outflung arm; even some ghoulishly red paint dripped. The 'body' was spectacularly handsome, and several people stood round in unlik...
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"A murder with too many clues. Mr. Ratchett was found dead in his berth with a dozen stab wounds in his body. On the floor of his compartment were a lady's handkerchief and a man's pipe cleaner.
"Some of the stab wounds seemed to have been inflicted by a left-handed person - others by a person who was right-han...
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"Monsieur Renaud had been tragically correct in fearing for his life, Hercule Poirot mused sadly. The body of the famed millionaire had been found on his own golf course yesterday, quite dead; he, who might have been able to prevent such an occurence, had answered Renaud's urgent request just one day too late.
"Well, since regretfully he could no longer protect the poor man, the...
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"Snowbound in the Balkan hills, the passengers on the Orient Express awaken to the shocking news that one of their number had been viciously murdered in the night. With a business more grim than murder afoot, Poirot has not a moment to waste. For the killer is still at large on the train. . . " Also published as Murder in the Calais Coach.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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"Stonygates was a vast monument to philanthropy - and the home of Miss Marple's girlhood friend Carrie Louise. Someone, it seemed, wished Carrie Louise ill. . . But when another murder struck, it was in a different direction entirely. Miss Marple's experienced eye for evil told her that the killer was a desperate and deadly illusionist - with a motive that...
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"Stonygates was a vast monument to philanthropy - and the home of Miss Marple's girlhood friend Carrie Louise. Someone, it seemed, wished Carrie Louise ill. . . But when another murder struck, it was in a different direction entirely. Miss Marple's experienced eye for evil told her that the killer was a desperate and deadly illusionist - with a motive that was all too shockingly real!"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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"No outsider could have guessed that the quiet seaside hotel was a human time bomb primed to explode. Then the first corpse was found, and the clock of terror began to tick.
Every man and woman in the resort retreat trembled in fear -- of the danger shadowing them, and of what they suspected about each other. Each one claimed to be innocent, but anyone could be guilty, and it was up to a husband and wife turned sleuths to follow a blood-slick trail of sham...
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"No outsider could have guessed that the quiet seaside hotel was a human time bomb primed to explode. Then the first corpse was found, and the clock of terror began to tick.
Every man and woman in the resort retreat trembled in fear -- of the danger shadowing them, and of what they suspected about each other. Each one claimed to be innocent, but anyone could be guilty, and it was up to ...
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"Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mother, and to make matters worse, he died in prison. But the young man's innocence means that someone else killed the Argyle matriarch, and would certainly kill again to remain in the shadows. Shaded in the moral ambiguities of murder, this provocative psychological puzzler of guilt, vengeance, and blood secrets is among Agatha Christi...
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