It was absolutely indecent! It was also highly irregular, completely illegal, and dangerous. What the beautiful actress had actually suggested to Hercule Poirot was that he plan the perfect way to get rid of her husband. Of course the idea of Poirot being involved in such a scheme ...

'Ten...' Ten strangers are lured to an island mansion off the Devon coast. Over dinner, an unseen voice accuses each of them of harbouring a guilty secret, and by the end of the evening one of their number is dead. 'Nine...' Their host fails to appear, and as the weather changes the ...

Into the valley of death . . . Ahead, between the towering red cliffs of Petra, Sarah saw a cluster of tents and above them caves, hollowed out of the red rocks. She stared up at one of these which held a sitting figure. An idol? A gigantic squatting image? Her heart gave a sudden ...

There was nothing remarkable about Mrs. Lancaster's departure from the Sunny Ridge establishment for elderly ladies. Except for the painting she left behind—and a single, disturbing question that echoed in Tuppence Beresford's mind. . . Tommy and Tuppence Beresford never looked ...

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her seventy-six detective novels and books of stories have been translated into every major language, and her sales are calculated in tens of millions. She began writing at the end of the First World War, when she ...

Seeking peace after her husband's death Renisenb returns to her father's house on the banks of the Nile. But beneath the calm surface of his prosperous household lurk greed, lust and hate. And with the arrival of the arrogant concubine Nofret the family's passions explode in murder...

Michael Rogers dreamed of a perfectly designed house and a rich, beautiful wife. He found the girl and he built the house – but he built it at Gipsy's Acre, a place with a curse on it, where sudden death had already struck more than once . . .

Perhaps there was something more sinister behind the old's gypsy's warning... Michael Rogers dreamed of a rich, beaueful wife and a perfectly designed house. He found the girl and they built the house — but the site was at Gypsy's Acre, a place with a curse where sudden death ...

The Jolly Roger Hotel on Smugglers' Island was both comfortable and smart - an exclusive seaside resort for the most respectable of holiday-makers. "It is peaceful," agreed Hercule Poirot. "The sea is blue. But you forget, there is evil everywhere under the sun . . ."

Simeon Lee, the master of Gorston Hall, has seen to it that creatures will indeed be stirring at his isolated estate this season. The aging millionaire has invited his relatives for a holiday getaway of fun and games—and the greedy pack of sycophants are going to get exactly ...