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The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Christie's mystery debut introduces Hercule Poirot, a brilliant detective who solves the baffling murder of the mistress of Styles Court. Read by David Suchet, the actor best known as Poirot from PBS's Mystery Theater, this title was a 1996 Audie Award winner and Publishers Weekly pick for Best Mystery audio. |
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Secret Adversary – Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley team up for the first time in Christie's second crime caper, in a complex plot involving the sinking of the Lusitania, British Intelligence, false identities, kidnapping, and poison. |
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Poirot Investigates – David Suchet gives us a brilliant performance of 11 complete Hercule Poirot mysteries, including The Adventure of The Western Star, The Million-Dollar Bond Robbery, The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim, The Case of the Missing Will, and many more. |
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The Secret of Chimneys - Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand to deliver a manuscript on behalf of a friend would drop him right in the middle of an international conspiracy. Murder, blackmail, stolen letters, a fabulous missing jewel, and a startling denouement under the not always co-operative eyes of Scotland Yard and the Sûreté. This marks the first appearance of Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard. |
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Finicky Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside, but the brutal murder of wealthy Roger Ackroyd finds this detective par excellence back on the case. Shattering traditions, this ingeniously tricky masterpiece startled fans, stunned critics, and has remained one of the most controversial mysteries ever written, ever since its original 1926 publication. |
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The Big Four – A vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four" pursues world domination but first must eliminate the only man who can foil them: Hercule Poirot. |
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Mystery of the Blue Train - When Miss Katherine Grey unexpectedly inherits a small fortune, she books the famous Blue Train for a trip to the French Riviera. But Nice is not so nice, for on arrival, the strangled body of one of her fellow passengers is found and the great Hercule Poirot must help solve the crime. |
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Seven Dials Mystery – Lazy Gerry Wade is always last to rise, but something is deadly wrong when eight alarm clocks fail to rouse him at the elite estate Chimneys. A second corpse confirms the crime, and with Superintendent Battle's blessing the mistress of Chimneys, gutsy amateur sleuth Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent, enters an underworld of secret clubs and subterfuge to solve the case. |
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Murder at the Vicarage – Miss Marple, the beloved busybody sleuth, is introduced to investigate the shooting death of a pompous colonel. Nearly everyone in town is a suspect...even the vicar. But with her unique combination of uncanny cleverness and annoying meddling, the sharp-eyed spinster will trap the murderer. |
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin - Meet the mysterious Mr. Harley Quin, a man with an almost supernatural flair for appearing on the scene just when he is needed, in 12 complete stories, including The Sign in the Sky, The Face of Helen, The Dead Harlequin, and more. |
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The Sittaford Mystery – Holding a séance is an innocent diversion for Mrs. Willet's guests, but when the spirit spells M-U-R-D-E-R, the spooked party turns the lights on fast. Within hours Captain Trevalyn is found dead, and intrepid Emily Trefusis descends on the village to defend the police's #1 suspect--her fiancé, Jim. |
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Peril at End House – Hercule Poirot's relaxing holiday on the Cornish coast takes an unexpected turn when he meets young and beautiful Nick Buckley, ayoung woman who's been the victim of several close brushes with death. Poirot is driven to staging a séance to find the would-be murderer. |
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The Tuesday Club Murders - Thirteen classic Miss Marple titles are included in this collection, including The Tuesday Night Club, The Blue Geranium, The Affair at the Bungalow, Death by Drowning, and more. |
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Thirteen at Dinner – Bewitching actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. Then Lord Edgware is murdered! It will take the precise Hercule Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies. |
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Murder on the Orient Express – The elegant and plush Orient Express is unusually crowded and hurtling towards Paris, when a passenger is murdered, killed in a room locked from the inside. Thirteen people on board knew the dead man and each has a motive to kill him. Can Poirot solve this baffling crime by the time the train reaches its final stop? |
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - While golfing, Bobby Jones stumbles upon a dying man who utters the words "Why didn't they ask Evans?" before he expires. A few days later Bobby is drugged and he decides to investigate the matter further with his friend Lady Frances Derwent. The two of them are soon hard at work, but as they approach the truth, they find their own lives in danger. |
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The Listerdale Mystery – A dozen ingenious tales involving mystery and adventure, with subjects ranging from a stolen rajah's emerald to a necklace discovered in a basket of cherries to a mystery writer's bizarre near-arrest for murder. This collection includes The Listerdale Mystery, Sing a Song of Sixpence, The Golden Ball, and others. |
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Three Act Tragedy – Thirteen guests gather for drinks at actor Charles Cartwright’s seaside escape only to have a poisoned beverage kill one. Soon after the same party is convened and another meets his end after swallowing port. Hercule Poirot must stage a third soirée to catch the cocktail killer. |
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Death in the Clouds – On an airplane bound for London from Paris, one of the 11 passengers is dead. Hercule Poirot is aboard the plane, and discovers a thorn typically used with a blowpipe near the victim's feet. Suspicion points in all directions, even back to Poirot when the blowpipe is found tucked behind his very own seat. Can Poirot prevent the culprit from getting away with murder? |
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The A.B.C. Murders – A serial killer is on the loose, murdering his victims in alphabetical order, leaving an ABC Railway Guide beside each body... and also playing a game with Hercule Poirot, alerting him in advance to the location of the murders, but Poirot always arrives too late. But he'll travel the length and breadth of England determined to track down the ruthless killer. |