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"When Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy owner of Styles Court, falls victim to strychnine poisoning, suspicion lands on her caddish new husband. Captain Hastings, who is convalescing at Styles, calls on his friend Hercule Poirot to investigate, and the Belgian sleuth is soon on hands to help Inspector Japp solve the case. Published in 1920, Agatha Christie's sparkling debut novel set her on the path to becoming the undisputed Queen of Crime" -- Page [4]...
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Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Agatha Christie's delightful sleuthing duo, investigate the strange and troubling doings behind the scenes at a gothic British nursing home in By the Pricking of My Thumbs… When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs. Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs. Lancaster talks...
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Full screen [ed.].
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3 videodiscs (ca. 623 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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From the mind of mystery maven Agatha Christie comes what is considered to be the original crime-solving couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Redefining the conventions of the mystery genre, providing a prototype for many male/female detective teams that followed. Features the episodes 'The Secret Adversary,' 'The Affair of the Pink Pearl,' 'The House of Lurking Death,' 'Finessing the King,' and 'The Clergyman's Daughter.'
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