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

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time in digital audio, performed by Christopher Lee. A man confides in a friend that he has a fear of gypsies stemming from childhood nightmares. When he sees a gypsy in a red scarf, he becomes unhinged. Encapsulated in fear, he doesn't listen to her warnings....

Agatha Christie's shocking courtroom drama, read on audio by her grandson, Mathew Prichard. When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls to Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine informs the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood.

Diese Hörspiele garantieren allerbeste Krimiunterhaltung: Acht spannende Fälle nach Erzählungen der Queen of Crime...

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.

Weder Colonel Bantry noch seine Frau kennen die Tote, die in ihrer Bibliothek gefunden wurde. Mrs Bantry ruft daher ihre Freundin Miss Marple zu Hilfe, die sich sofort auf Mörderjagd begibt. Bald ist die Leiche identifiziert und kurz darauf ist für Miss Marple das Motiv eindeutig: Geld...

Hercule Poirot will sich auf einer Kreuzfahrt erholen, als plötzlich die reiche und schöne Linnet Ridgeway ermordet wird. Der Mörder kann nur auf dem Luxusdampfer sein, und Poirot muss ihn überführen, bevor die Fahrt zu Ende ist.

Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen's visit.

'The one book that has satisfied me completely – the book I always wanted to write.' Agatha Christie. Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks. Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her….

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 about "something behind the fireplace", Tommy and Tuppence find themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic.

June Whitfield stars as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation now available on audio. Miss Marple is totally shocked to receive a letter from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. The letter leaves instructions for Miss Marple, whom Mr Rafiel had recognised as a natural detective, to investigate a crime after his death.

Una antologia policial unica. Alrededor de tres de los mas grandes y famosos detectives de la novela policial se ha hecho esta antologia que presenta historias protagonizadas por Sherlock Holmes, un genio de la deduccion y precursor de la narracion policial moderna; por Hercules Poirot, la satirica creacion de Agatha Christie y el Padre Brown, el curita que aplica los dogmas religiosos a la solucion de crimenes.

When the Cowley sisters employ a carer to look after the ailing Carmela, Morag appears to suit their needs perfectly. But after a spectacular jewel theft on the night of the Hunt Ball, it appears that the perfect carer might be implicated.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring John Moffatt as the great Belgian detective with Simon Williams and Philip Jackson. Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found stabbed in the Regal Cinema is called George Earsfield.

A man witnesses a murderous attack on a young woman in a mirror - yet when he turns round there is nothing there. Can he prevent a premonition coming true? Basic human loyalty and jealousy are at the fore in this chilling tale.

Having lost her husband and only child to the war in Afghanistan, a young woman turns to an Irish couple for hope in the form of a miracle. But dark forces are at work, and the price to pay for salvation may be too much to bear.

A Gyilkosság az Orient expresszen a krimi királynőjének legismertebb műve és Hercule Poirot talán legrejtélyesebb esete. A híres Orient expressz a hóban vesztegel. Az egyik utas holtan fekszik kabinjában, testét tizenkét késszúrás járta át. Gyorsan kiderül, hogy az elkövető még nem hagyhatta el a vonatot. Ki mástól érkezhetne a segítség, mint a nagy bajszú kis belgától, aki nem tagadja meg magát, beveti felbecsülhetetlen értékű szürkeállományát.

È ricco di personaggi ambigui questo sorprendente audiobook della grandissima Agatha Christie: ci sono l'amico fedele, l'amico innamorato, la sorella sfregiata, la governante che odia gli uomini, la bellissima amante Elsa Greer. Gravitano tutti attorno a Caroline - la moglie tradita - e Amyas, il marito fedifrago. Il loro matrimonio travagliato si concluderà con una tragedia. In questo romanzo, del 1942, la Christie ha realizzato uno dei suoi più interessanti esercizi di bravura, costruendo un meccanismo tanto intricato quanto perfetto, dove tutto è diverso da quella che sembra.

Hercule Poirot è ancora una volta il protagonista assoluto di questo emozionante audiobook ispirato a un celebre romanzo di Agatha Christie. L'investigatore belga, assistito dall'inseparabile capitano Hastings e dal suo gemello Achille Poirot - che compare in questo romanzo con un ruolo decisivo - si trova di fronte a un nemico quattro volte pericoloso: un'organizzazione di veri e propri geni del crimine, quattro talenti del male decisi ad impossessarsi dell'intero pianeta grazie a potentissimi mezzi di distruzione.

Il caso è stato risolto e archiviato molti anni fa: duplice suicidio. Quando però Celia Ravenscroft decide di sposarsi, l'inquietante interrogativo sulla sorte dei suoi genitori, trovati morti su una scogliera nei pressi della loro villa in Cornovaglia, torna d'attualità, e l'inchiesta si riapre. Ariadne Oliver, amica della defunta e celebre giallista, chiede ancora una volta l'aiuto di Hercule Poirot per risolvere l'intricato puzzle.