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The second book by Agatha Christie and her first Ty and Tuppence mystery. A thriller as well as a mystery in rollicking good fun, with six impossible things before breakfast, as the English say. 

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 circles - until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret.

Inspektor Narracot ermittelt in einem Dorf voller Verdächtiger. Bei einer spiritistischen Sitzung zittert derTisch und es steht "Mord" darauf! Captain Trevelyan ist sonderbar, reich und eines Tages tot. Die Bewohner des verschlafenen Dörfchens Sittaford hatten alle mit ihm zu tun, fast jeder ist verdächtig. Oder war es ein Einbrecher außerhalb der Dorfgemeinschaft? Inspektor Narracot ist sich sicher, den Mörder in Sittaford zu finden, einen Mörder mit Motiv. Doch was das Motiv war, da tappt Narracott noch im Dunkeln. Soll er doch die spiritische Sitzung nicht außer acht lassen?

Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a mere coincidence? And did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?

In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel...an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime...the ultimate crime...murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried....

Miss Marple schwelgt in alten Erinnerungen und will ein paar ruhige Tage in Bertrams Hotel in London verbringen. Doch plötzlich verschwindet ein ehrenwerter Stammgast des Hotels: Kanonikus Pennyfather wollte zu einem Kongress nach Luzern, ist dort aber nie angekommen. Chief-Inspector Fred Davy bittet Miss Marple um Hilfe, hat sie doch den Verschwundenen zuletzt gesehen. Und schon bald sind sich die beiden Ermittler einig: die Idylle des komfortablen Hotels ist nur Fassade.

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs.

In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a "perfect" crime committed many years before.

In spiritistischen Sitzungen werden lästige Ehefrauen oder der unbeliebte Erbonkel ins Jenseits befördert. Dem Anschein nach sterben alle eines natürlichen Todes. Nur einmal geht etwas schief und da tritt Scotland Yard auf den Plan. Ariadne Oliver, die berühmte Kriminalschriftstellerin, ist in ihrem Element: Gemeinsam mit dem Historiker Mark Easterbrook ermittelt sie auf eigene Faust und kann der Polizei tatkräftig unterstützen.

What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan - for murder.

Towards Zero: What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. Ordeal By Innocence: According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonment.

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette that read: "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m." Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out....

Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless, and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in The Times/i> which read: "ARE YOU HAPPY? IF NOT, CONSULT MR PARKER PYNE". Equally adept at putting together the pieces of a marriage or the fragments of a murder mystery, Mr Parker Pyne was possibly the world's most unconventional private eye, and certainly its most charming.

Hercule Poirot ermittel in einem Luxuszug. Der Fahrplan stimmt, der Zeitplan auch. Ein perfekter Mord im Luxuszug Calais-Paris-Nizza - so scheint es. Nur eine winzige Unstimmigkeit lässt Hercule Poirots kleine graue Zellen nicht mehr ruhen: Warum wurde das Gesicht der jungen Frau, Tochter eines amerikanischen Millionärs, nach ihrer Ermordung entstellt?

Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs. Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note says "I can’t go on", but Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Soon nobody is sure of anyone - as secrets stop being shameful and start becoming deadly.

Agatha Christies letzter Roman kreist um einen längst vergangenen Mord, den Tommy und Tuppence Beresford erforschen. Bei ihren Ermittlungen stoßen sie auf einen 60 Jahre alten Spionagefall, der bis in die Gegenwart nachwirkt...