Agatha Christie
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
It had been a typical New Year's Eve party. But as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite-a keen observer of human nature-senses that the real drama of the evening is yet to unfold. And so it proves when a mysterious stranger knocks on the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? Mr. Satterthwaite's new friend is an enigma. He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies ... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1979, ©1966
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
13 short stories feature elderly Miss Jane Marple. A man dies in church, dying words, ruinous legacy, secret past haunts beautiful woman, brother and sister caught in a web of evil from England to the Continent, bouquet spells death.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Editorial Molino
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
Español
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elinor Carlisle has been accused of killing her wealthy Aunt and a rival in love. When Poirot comes to the case he quickly finds motive, opportunity and means for Elinor to have done the double murder. But a tidy package is not enough to satisfy Poirot's curiosity, and he eventually pieces together an entirely different picture of what really happened in a case that appeared to cut and dried.
50) Closed casket
Author
Series
New Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ..." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford -- one of the world's most beloved children's authors -- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny . . . and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live. Among Lady Playford's visitors...
Series
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen years after the wife of the renowned painter Amyas Crale was sent to the gallows for poisoning her husband, their daughter Lucy returns from Canada. Lucy carries with her a letter that suggests that her mother might have been innocent. Poirot agrees to dig up the past, but he warns Lucy that she may not like what he finds.
Author
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
70th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For 70 years, Agatha Christie's The mousetrap has kept millions of people, from every corner of the globe, on the edge of their seats, and it continues to be a sell-out hit of London theater. This brand new edition of the world's longest-running play will contain a new introduction by Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of the authorized Agatha Christie Poirot continuation novels, as well as the official play script and a host of exclusive material...
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's 1939 and Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Indian Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to die one by one, the survivors realize that one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other.