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Als Pfarrer Babbington auf einer Party an seinem Cocktail nippt, bricht er tot zusammen. Wenig später kommt es bei einem Dinner zur nächsten Tragödie, und auch der hoch angesehene Arzt Sir Bartholomew Strange stirbt. Hercule Poirot hegt keinen Zweifel daran, dass die beiden Unglücksfälle miteinander zusammenhängen. Denn immerhin waren bei beiden Anlässen dieselben Gäste zugegen. Doch wer von ihnen hatte ein Motiv für gleich zwei Morde?

Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change . . . Long ago, Azeroth’s destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans’ intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth. Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals’ ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth.

29 Brand-New Sci-Fi Horror Stories. The future is now, and it's not what we were promised. The optimistic science fiction of old was wrong. Progress is not linear, technology creates as many problems as it solves, and the concept of a better tomorrow has become an abstraction that is in no way guaranteed. When looking at the future now, we no longer ask what is possible, we wonder how we'll cope. Contained within this anthology are 29 never-before-published works by supremely talented authors.

Gerald Wade is among the many invited to the Chimneys estate for a party. Rented by Sir Oswald and Lady Coote for the season, it is rather the place to be. Unfortunately, during his stay there Gerry has garnered the teasing of his friends for a particular talent of his: to oversleep. One day the set decides to “fix” the matter with a little joke. The plan is to set out eight alarm clocks in Gerry’s room, all set to different times … as early as 6:30 a.m.! When they go to check on him, his friends discover that Gerry hasn’t overslept this time. In fact, he has been murdered.

Vuelve la sucesora de la Gran Dama del Crimen en el caso más difícil de Hércules Poirot. En el centenario de su creación, vuelve Hércules Poirot, el detective más famoso y brillante de la historia de la novela negra, que ha conquistado a más de 2 billones de lectores. Irlanda, 1929. Lady Athelinda Playford, una reconocida escritora de novelas de detectives para niños, ha invitado a varias personas a pasar una semana con ella en Lillieoak, su casa de campo.

Mitch, Rusty, and Terrance sit down and talk about Sunday's lesson, ongoing conversations within our church, and discuss upcoming events.If you're part of our church community, this podcast was designed with you in mind. If you're not, maybe this will help you to get to know us, and consider jumping on board.

Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent. World War II is raging, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at...

In this breathtaking Agatha Christie mystery, the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she’s a murderer and then disappears. The masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane. Three young...

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met.

Valerian and Laureline are special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe. Under directive from their Commander, Valerian and Laureline embark on a mission to the breathtaking intergalactic city of Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis comprised of thousands of different species from all four corners of the universe.

Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the mystery of the Spanish Chest, which has been reported in the papers so often that it seems to be an entirely closed case. But, when Hastings persuades Poirot to attend a fabulous party given by Lady Chatterton, they discover someone...

King's Abbot è un tipico paesino della campagna inglese dove non succede mai nulla di speciale. Un giorno però qualcosa accade: l'uomo più ricco del paese, Roger Ackroyd, viene assassinato proprio quando sta per leggere una lettera che avrebbe fatto luce sul misterioso suicidio di un'amica, la signora Ferrars. Il delitto getta nello sgomento la piccola comunità. Ma, in particolare tra gli amici e i parenti della vittima, non tutti hanno da dolersi dell'accaduto. Almeno così sembra credere un buffo investigatore belga in pensione.

Ein Mord inmitten der Idylle! Eigentlich wollte sich Hercule Poirot inkognito im kleinen King's Abbot zur Ruhe setzten. Doch dann geschieht ein höchst rätselhafter Mord! Und auch jetzt führen seine kleinen grauen Zellen den belgischen Meisterdetektiv auf die richtige - und höchst unerwartete - Spur.

Miss Marple auf Mörderjagd. Anonyme Briefe sorgen für böses Blut in dem Provinzstädtchen Lymstock. Hinzu kommen zwei mysteriöse Todesfälle und die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln. Nur Miss Marple, die zufällig gerade in Lymstock zu Besuch ist, gelingt es mit ihren unkonventionellen Methoden schließlich, hinter die Fassade der Wohlanständigkeit zu blicken und den Täter zu entlarven.

L'Orient Express, il mitico treno che collega Londra e Parigi con Istanbul, è bloccato nei Balcani da un'eccezionale nevicata. Durante questa sosta inattesa un efferato omicidio nel vagone Istanbul-Calais sconvolge la tranquilla routine dei viaggiatori. A bordo dell'Orient Express però c'è anche Hercule Poirot, il geniale e originale investigatore privato belga. Poirot dovrà usare tutta la sua arguzia e le sue eccellenti doti investigative per scoprire l'assassino e risolvere uno dei suoi casi più celebri.

Che cosa lega una filastrocca infantile a una donna assassinata in un quartiere popolare di Londra, e a una casa sperduta nella campagna inglese, che Molly e Giles Davis hanno trasformato in pensione? Gli ospiti appena arrivati, si rendono conto che, a causa di una violenta tempesta di neve, saranno bloccati in casa per qualche giorno. E prima che la linea telefonica si interrompa, vengono avvisati che un assassino è tra loro... e che ucciderà qualcuno di loro.

Hercule Poirot wird von seiner Bekannten Ariadne Oliver um Rat in einem längst vergangenen Fall hinzugezogen. Die Eltern ihrer Patentochter Celia wurden vor zehn Jahren tot in einer Höhle aufgefunden und man wußte nicht ob sie ermordet wurden oder Selbstmord begangen haben. Celia will endlich die Wahrheit wissen, Die beiden Privatdetektive befragen alte Bekannte der Familie, denn Elefanten vergessen nichts. Und natürlich ist es Hercule Poirot, der schließlich alle Fäden verbindet und den Fall lösen kann.

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 13 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Gervase Fen novella by Edmund Crispin that has never previously been published. With the Golden Age of detective...

Carla Lemarchant was a child of five when her mother was accused and convicted of poisoning her father, the famous painter Amyas Crale. After Caroline Crale dies in prison, Carla is sent to live with her uncle and aunt in Canada. Only on her twenty-first birthday does Carla learn of her family...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...