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"On a ship from London to South Africa, a young woman gets wrapped up in a deadly scheme, in this classic novel by the master of mystery. New to London, Anne Beddingfeld is hungry for adventure, when she witnesses a shocking accident. At the Hyde Park tube station, a man named L.B. Carton falls onto the tracks, dying instantly. An address for Mill House is found on Carton's person, but only Anne notices the slip of paper he dropped?with the name of...

"The luxurious Blue Train carries its passengers across France, from dreary wintertime England to the sunny French Riviera. When it arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumber. But she will never wake again -- she has been killed, and a heavy blow has disfigured her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing and her ever-present maid was dismissed from the train back in Paris....

The personal ad posed a simple question: Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne. The answer is a resounding no for a jealous wife who suspects her husband of infidelity...for a lonely widow driven to assume a new identity...for a distraught mother whose son has been kidnapped...and for the fiancé of a strangely reclusive bride-to-be. But what sort of detective would solicit in the personals? The sort who has a knack for investigating affairs...

"The setting for this mystery is Jerusalem, where the dysfunctional Boyntons have come on holiday to visit the Holy Land. It's no surprise when unpleasant Mrs. Boynton is murdered, but it's up to Hercule Poirot to ferret out the murderer."--

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are sleuthing in a prim seaside boarding house, frequented by genteel old ladies and retired army officers. But one of them is a spy, leader of the "fifth column" of highly placed traitors.

In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of...

A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the stand. A woman's sixth sense and a loaded revolver signal premonitions of doom. A golfer hears cries for help, that no one else can hear. A stranded motorist seeks refuge in a remote mansion and is greeted with a dire warning. A mysterious phone call leads a fiction writer into a very real adventure. Detective Hercule Poirot faces his greates challenge when his services...

Miss Jane Marple finds herself investigating murder when, at the urging of Ruth Van Rydock who has premonitions of foul play, she visits Stonygates, home of her friend Carrie Louise Serrocold and a treatment center for juvenile delinquents.

"Lovely red-haired Hilary Craven wanted to die. The sleeping pills were ready on her bedside table, when a knock sounded on the hotel-room door ... With that knock, and the entrance of a cheerful, owlish young man, her plans for self-imposed death were dramatically altered. After hearing the strange story of a disappearing scientist, Hilary agreed to take on another woman's identity and a daring secret mission into the African desrt, without the slightest...

Easy-going adventurer, Anthony Cade, accepts a highly paid job to convey the scandalous memoirs of the Count of Herzoslovakia to a publisher. He runs into intrigue, mystery, and cross purposes.