Agatha Christie

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot--and her most surprising twist. The story that made Agatha Christie famous ends with one of her most dramatic twists. The villagers of King's Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits suicide and the very next day her fianc , Roger Ackroyd, is stabbed to death. Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, discovers the body of his friend and narrates the ensuing hunt for the killer. All the guests and staff at Ackroyd's country house seem to have solid alibis--except for his missing stepson. But as the authorities home in on their most obvious suspect, the recently retired detective Hercule Poirot unexpectedly turns up and joins the fray. Dr. Sheppard gamely assists the legendary Poirot as he untangles one of the most fiendish mysteries in Christie's extensive oeuvre.

Over ninety years after its initial publication, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd still stumps readers as a methodical, detailed, and suspenseful whodunit. When King's Abbot resident Roger Ackroyd is found murdered in his study, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called in to help solve the mystery. As the clues and suspects add up, Christie masterfully weaves several possible scenarios, only to surprise readers at the end. Voted by the British Crime Writers' Association as the best crime novel ever written -- and said to be Christie's favorite of her novels -- it is the third book following detective Hercule Poirot. The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Murder on the Links are also available from Dover.

" We] can't get enough of Christie's plush and murderous thrills." --Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery--this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love--crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries. In "The Face of Helen," a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; "Finessing the King" delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who's in danger of getting stung in "Wasps' Nest" depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder--before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death.

"A top-notch literary brainteaser." -New York TimesSoon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot--coming February 11, 2022 Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries. The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie's most legendary and timeless works." Death on the Nile is perfect." --The Guardian"One of her best. . . . First rate entertainment." --Kirkus Reviews

" We] can't get enough of Christie's plush and murderous thrills." --Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery--this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love--crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries. In "The Face of Helen," a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; "Finessing the King" delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who's in danger of getting stung in "Wasps' Nest" depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder--before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death.

Selle talvise kogumiku lugudes uurivad kuritegusid enamasti Hercule Poirot ja Miss Marple, kuid esindatud on ka Christie teised detektiivid. Nagu alati, näitab Christie ka siin end suurepärase inimpsüühika tundjana ning loo ülesehitamise tõelise meistrina. Just inimeste tundmine teeb Christie lood nii paeluvaks, et nende korduvgi ülelugemine valmistab kindlasti puhast naudingut. Mis saab jahedal ja pimedal talveõhtul veel mõnusam olla, kui soojas toas koos Christie detektiividega salapäraseid juhtumeid lahendada ja pärast kergendatult hingata, et maailm on jälle turvalisem paik. Või vähemalt mängida autoriga kaasa, et see tõesti nii on.

Dva mirovykh bestsellera Agaty Kristi." Desjat negritjat" sama Agata Kristi schitala svoim luchshim romanom, v nem vpervye byla podnjata tema "idealnogo ubijstva". On posluzhil primerom dlja mnozhestva detektivnykh knig i psikhologicheskikh filmov. Neodnokratno ekranizirovalsja. Znamenityj svoimi mnogochislennymi ekranizatsijami roman - "Ubijstvo v "Vostochnom ekspresse". V poezde ubivajut neprijatnogo amerikantsa. Puaro nemedlenno beretsja za rassledovanie - i vyjasnjaet, chto kupe polno vsevozmozhnykh ulik, ukazyvajuschikh... prakticheski na vsekh passazhirov "Vostochnogo ekspressa"... Roman "Ubijstvo Rodzhera Ekrojda" priznan luchshim detektivom vsekh vremen i narodov po versii Assotsiatsii pisatelej kriminalnogo zhanra v 2013 godu. Do Kristi nikto ne mog dodumatsja ispolzovat takoj originalnyj sjuzhetnyj khod, otvlekajuschij vnimanie i otvodjaschij podozrenie ot nastojaschego prestupnika. Lovko Ledi Agata obvela chitatelja vokrug paltsa!

Erkjul Puaro – podlinnyj genij svoego dela. Poetomu ego postojanno privlekajut k svoim rassledovanijam vysshie krugi vlasti. Teper malenkomu belgijtsu predstoit izoblichit nekuju aferistku, pokhitivshuju izvestnyj na ves mir rubin u vostochnogo printsa, nakhodjaschegosja s vizitom v Londone. Sledy vedut v blagorodnoe pomeste Kings-Lejsi. Sejchas vse ego domochadtsy i ikh druzja sobralis tam, chtoby otmetit Rozhdestvo i otvedat traditsionnyj anglijskij puding, podlinnoe ukrashenie prazdnichnogo stola. Puaro edet tuda v kachestve gostja. No on esche ne podozrevaet, chto emu pridetsja stolknutsja s odnim iz samykh neobychnykh del v svoej praktike, i chto osobuju rol v nem sygraet imenno rozhdestvenskij puding...

Agatha Christieâ??s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection in a new hardback special edition.

First published in 1923, "The Murder on the Links" is Agatha Christie's second novel featuring her most famous character, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his assistant, Arthur Hastings. Poirot and Hastings have traveled to France to meet Paul Renauld, who has recently requested their help. They are too late however and arrive to find him brutally murdered and buried in a newly dug grave near a local golf course. Poirot notices many things about Renauld's death that are strange and unexplained. Frighteningly, before a suspect is caught, a second man turns up dead in nearly identical circumstances. Poirot clashes with local law enforcement who resent his interference, but he is dogged in his quest to find the truth. Using his uncanny memory for detail and deep understanding of human nature, Poirot soon sees what everyone else has missed and solves this complicated case of greed, blackmail, and deceit. "The Murder on the Links" was published to great critical praise and commercial success, with many reviewers favorably comparing Christie's writing and the character Poirot to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the iconic Sherlock Holmes. This classic continues to entertain and thrill all fans of mystery and suspense. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

When Emily Inglethorp, the elderly matriarch of Styles Court, an Essex country manor, is found poisoned with strychnine, a guest of the manor, Arthur Hastings calls upon his friend, famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, to solve the mystery that surrounds her death. Chief amongst the suspects is Emily's husband Alfred Inglethorp, a much younger man whom she has recently married and has the most to gain from her death. Another potential suspect is her eldest stepson John Cavendish, who stands to receive the manor upon her death. Or one of the other occupants of the manor; Lawrence Cavendish, her younger stepson; Mary Cavendish, John's wife; Cynthia Murdoch, the daughter of a deceased friend of the family; or Evelyn Howard, Emily's companion; may be to blame. With the help of Inspector Japp, a Scotland Yard detective and the investigating officer, Hercule Poirot endeavors to uncover the mystery of who killed Emily Inglethorp. Mystery fans will delight in this first installment of Agatha Christie's most famous character, Hercule Poirot. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Written by one of the most popular and widely acclaimed mystery novels writer in English - Agatha Christie, the present novel, The secret adversary, is a detective novel. It introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The great War is over and jobs are scarce. Tommy Beresford and prudence ""Tuppence"" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as the young adventurers. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin. A must read for all literature enthusiast and mystery lovers.

A young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station and finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa... Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her - and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: '17-122 Kilmorden Castle'?

Returning from the Great War, Captain Arthur Hastings is invited by his friend John Cavendish to stay at beautiful Styles Court, owned by his stepmother Emily Inglethorp, where he resides with his family. Despite the manor's idyllic exterior, Hastings soon realizes that all is not right within the grounds - relations between the residents are clearly strained, some more so than others. When Mrs. Inglethorp is discovered dead in her room one night, suspicions abound and her new husband Alfred immediately falls under scrutiny, though there is only circumstantial evidence to prove it. Tempers flare and tensions are high, but fortunately Hastings' old friend, a retired Belgian ex-police detective named Hercule Poirot is residing nearby and provides his assistance in the matter. The Mysterious Affair at Styles was Agatha Christie's first published novel, and the first book to introduce the magnificent Hercule Poirot and his "little grey cells" to the world, and it remains one of her most memorable works to date.

First published in 1924, "The Man in the Brown Suit" is a thrilling adventure and murder mystery by Agatha Christie. The protagonist is Anne Beddingfield, the orphaned daughter of a famous archaeologist, who goes to live with her father's solicitor and his wife in London. Anne is searching for an adventure and something exciting to occupy her time when she is witness to the sudden death of a man at Hyde Park Corner tube station when the man falls onto the electrified train track and is killed instantly. Anne's suspicions are aroused when a man claiming to be a doctor quickly examines the body, pronounces him dead, and then leaves suddenly. Anne sees that he has dropped a piece of paper on the ground and Anne takes the paper, insistent on investigating the matter further. Anne's detective work takes her on board a ship sailing to South Africa and soon she is caught up in a deadly mystery of stolen diamonds, bloody murders, kidnapping, government secrets, and violence at every turn. Christie's engrossing tale is full of intrigue, a complex mystery, and a surprising romance, in one of the famed author's most entertaining novels. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.