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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?

In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan...dead...murder." Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot....

Auf Richard Abernethies Beerdigung stellt seine Schwester Cora den natürlichen Tod ihres Bruders recht taktlos in Frage...

Die große Miss-Marple-Kurzgeschichtensammlung Teil 2. Miss Marple ist in ihrem Element! Im Handumdrehen klärt sie die ungelösten Fälle einer ertrunkenen Urlauberin, eine Leiche in einem Kurhotel und den Mord durch Fingerhutextakt auf. Und verblüfft die Mitglieder des Dienstagabend-Clubs, denen sie immer eine Nasenlänge voraus ist. Enthält: "Die Gesellschafterin", "Die vier Verdächtigen", "Eine Weihnachtstragödie", "Das Todeskraut", "Der Fall von St. Mary Mead" und "Die Stecknadel".

Die große Miss-Marple-Kurzgeschichtensammlung Teil 1. Miss Marple verblüfft alle beim berühmten Dienstagaben-Club: Ob verschwundene Goldbarren gefunden werden müssen oder ein sterbender Mann und seine letzte Botschaft entschlüsselt werden sollen, Miss Marple ist allen eine Nasenlänge voraus. Enthält: "Der Dienstagabend-Club", "Der Tempel der Astarte", "Die verschwundenen Goldbarren", "Der rote Badeanzug", "Die überlistete Spiritistin", "Der Daumenabdruck des heiligen Petrus" und "Die blaue Geranie".

Die große Miss-Marple-Kurzgeschichtensammlung Teil 3. Miss Marples Spürsinn ist gefragt: Warum wurde eine Leiche in einer Kirche abgelegt? Wer hat die Brosche gestohlen und das Dienstmädchen beschuldigt? Für Miss Marple alles sonnenklar und sie kann die Fälle rasch lösen. Enthält: "Die seltsame Angelegenheit mit dem Bungalow", "Die Perle", "Greenshaws Monstrum", "Miss Marple erzählt eine Geschichte", "Ein seltsamer Scherz", '"Die Hausmeisterin" und "Asyl".

"Am Freitag, den 29. Oktober um 18:30 Uhr, findet in Little Padock ein Mord statt. Freunde und Bekannte sind herzlich eingeladen." So steht es in der Wochenzeitschrift des beschaulichen englischen Dörfchens. Und zur angekündigten Zeit findet sich pünktlich eine Leiche in einem Haus. Zum Glück macht Miss Marple dort gerade Urlaub und kommt sehr bald auf die Spur des Mörders. Gelesen von Gabriele Blum.

A blizzard has hit England. In the tiny village of Sittaford, on the fringes of Dartmoor, a party of six is gathered in Sittaford House, home of Captain Trevelyan. He has rented the house out for the winter and is staying in a nearby village. As evening draws in, a seance is proposed. But it reveals more than they had anticipated - TREVELYAN DEAD, spells out the board. Slowly the table begins to rock again, spelling out the word M-U-R-D-E-R. Is it true? And who would kill a man who doesn’t have an enemy in the world?

Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger. As events unfold, the combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Sûreté gradually converge on Chimneys, the great country estate that hides an amazing secret. . . .

From the Queen of Mystery, The Man in the Brown Suit, in which a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station, and in 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.

You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but always battling for the truth, whatever it takes. You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police. A razor-sharp mind in a Sunday best hat. Against all the odds, against the usual story, their worlds are about to collide. It starts with a dead writer and a mysterious wedding invitation.

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.

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses… and no corpse.

It's very easy to kill - so long as no one suspects you.' So says Miss Pinkerton when ex-policeman Luke Fitzwilliam meets her on a train. Luke doesn't take much notice of this little old lady's story about a serial killer on the loose in her village - until her predictions start to come true, when he feels compelled to check it out. Very soon the race is on to prevent any more murders...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter, with the language targeted at learners of English.