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 ...
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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 presence of Evil ...
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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 things that go bump in the night . . . "
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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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"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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"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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"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-handed. Most amazing of all, some were made (or so it seemed) after Ratchett was already dead!
"Poirot knew that the killer must be an...
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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 ...
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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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"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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"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 p...
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"There were two passengers in the transit lounge at Frankfurt Airport whose lives were to depend on what took place in the next thirty minutes.
Sir Stafford Nye was a diplomat returning to London . . . A young w...
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"In Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie challenges her detective and the reader with a series of baffling mysteries. With all the clues plainly revealed, the reader should be able to arrive at the solution as soon as Hercule Poirot -- but few readers do!"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall
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"In Poirot Investigates Agatha Christie challenges her detective and the reader with a series of baffling mysteries. With all the clues plainly revealed, the reader should be able to arrive at the solution as soon as Hercule Poirot -- but few readers do!"
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"Hercule Poirot opened the envelope and read death between the lines. Unfortunately, the terrified message came too late. The lady who had written it was already in her grave, her bizarre will had been approved by law, and the case was officially closed. . .
until the greatest detective of them all lifted the lid on a viper's nest of greed, deception, and jealousy. Poirot vowed that this time he would not be too late to stop a brilliant and baffling killer ...
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