Mrs. McGillicuddy thought she saw a murder on a train. However, no one believes her friend, Jane Marple. So Miss Marple sets out to find exactly what it was that Mrs. McGillicuddy saw.
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Some of Agatha Christie's best mysteries.
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- Ten strangers have been invited to the island home of an eccentric millionaire. One by one, they are found dead. Will the killer be found before all of them are murdered?
- Linnet Doyle has everything--youth, riches, beauty--until she is found dead on a Nile River cruise. Hercule Poirot puts his "little grey cells" to work to find out why and how she died.
- Hercule Poirot is vacationing at a seaside resort when a young bride is found murdered on a deserted beach. Can Monsieur Poirot solve the case?
- Newly orphaned Anne Beddington is visiting in London when a man falls onto the train tracks in front of her. The suspicious circumstances lead her on an adventure to South Africa via boat and train. Along the way, she meets a variety of people,…
- While best known for her mystery novels, Agatha Christie's short stories are first rate. Here are thirty-nine of her best short stories, featuring Hercules Poirot, Jane Marple, Parker Pyne, and Harley Quin.
- Several plays are included in this volume. The title play, "The Mousetrap," is Agatha Christie's most famous play.
- Colonel Protheroe has been shot and no one heard or saw anything. Miss Marple tries to find the killer with no help from the police.
- A murder is announced in a local paper and half the village turns out to see what will happen. With all of those witnesses, one would think the murder would be prevented, but no one saw who killed the masked intruder. Using her understanding of…
- Roger Ackroyd is killed in his study, which is found locked. Hercule Poirot solves the murder with the help of the local doctor and his sister.
- Hercule Poirot is traveling on the Orient Express from Constantinople when the train must stop due to heavy snow. Sometime in the night, one of the passengers is murdered. Since no one can leave the train, the killer must be one of the remaining…
- Emily Inglethorp of Styles Court falls dead of a fit. Her family suspects foul play and asks Hercule Poirot, newly retired from the Belgian police force, to find out what really happened.
- Tommy Beresford is asked to work secretly for the British government during World War II. Tuppence can't bear to be left out in this most intriguing case.
- Tommy and Tuppence are restless until they are asked to take over a detective agency. Solving various mysteries is a front for a secret mission for the government.
- Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are poor and unemployed after World War I until they stumble across a mystery, which leads them into dangerous work for the British government.
- Anthony Cade accepts a messenger job from an old friend, thinking it is a way to make some easy money. Yet danger lurks, and Anthony soon finds himself with more trouble than he bargained for.
- Bobby and Frances witness a man fall from a cliff. His dying words, "Why didn't they ask Evans?", lead them on a quest to discover the meaning of the mysterious words and into deadly danger.
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