Agatha Christie
442) Ten little Indians
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Ten people--eight strangers and two married domestics--attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. Each has unwittingly been invited to his or her own murder. A familiar nursery rhyme of ten Indian figurines is affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes missing. One down, nine to go.
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Poirot investigates the murder of an American heiress on the Blue Train. A young heiress is set to inherit her husband's considerable fortune until his family investigates further. Cora Abernathy calls on Poirot to investigate her brother's death, but his work is interrupted when Cora herself is murdered. Mr. Shaitana, a wealthy but mysterious Londoner, invites Poirot and others to an evening of dinner and bridge, but the affair turns deadly when...
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Belgium sleuth Hercule Poirot untangles a baffling mystery of a murderer who announces his next victims through a series of letters each addressed to the detective himself.
After a stay at the Ritz in Paris, Poirot is flying home to London when a fellow passenger succumbs mysteriously. A ruthless blackmailer is killed on board a plane full of likely suspects. Unfortunately for the culprit, Belgium sleuth Hercule Poirot is also on board.
While recovering...
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Sleeping murder: When Giles and Gwenda Reed move into their dream house in a seaside resort, Gwenda is haunted by the vision of a body in the hall. Miss Marple uses her keen intuition to solve the murder of Gwenda's stepmother that took place in the house while Gwenda was living there during her childhood.
4:50 from Paddington: On her way to visit Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy glimpses a man strangling a woman on a passing train. Police fail...
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Murder at the vicarage: Colonel Prothero has lots of enemies in the village of St. Mary Mead and when he's found dead there are plenty of suspects, some with alibis and some with confessions.
Nemesis: Miss Marple receives a cryptic message that sends her on a tour of the historic homes of England. A tour passenger is killed and Miss Marple must right an old wrong.
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One of the most diabolical mysteries ever concocted comes to vivid life in this all-star version of the classic Agatha Christie thriller! Summoned to an isolated, elegant hotel in the middle of the desert, several strangers find themselves accused at dinner of heinous crimes that have escaped punishment ... until now. Now they're being murdered off one by one in a pattern from a chilling nursery rhyme, and suspicion grows as they realize the killer...
450) Ten little indians
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"One of the most diabolical mysteries ever concocted comes to vivid life in this all-star version of the classic Agatha Christie thriller! Summoned to an isolated, elegant hotel in the middle of the desert, several strangers find themselves accused at dinner of heinous crimes that have escaped punishment ... until now. Now they're being murdered off one by one in a pattern from a chilling nursery rhyme, and suspicion grows as they realize the killer...
452) Death on the Nile
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"Although Belgium's premiere sleuth Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) plans a spectacular Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer, the trip turns into a terrifying search for a murderer after a picture-perfect couple's honeymoon is cut tragically short. Set against a sweeping landscape of pyramids and desert vistas, Death on the Nile features a stunning ensemble cast. Based on Agatha Christie's beloved novel, this tale of unbridled passion...
453) In the shadow of Agatha Christie: classic crime fiction by forgotten female writers : 1850-1917
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This new anthology brings the female crime writers who inspired Agatha Christie out of her shadow and back into the spotlight they deserve. The success of writers like Anna Katherine Green in America; L.T. Meade, C.L. Pirkis, the Baroness Orczy, and Elizabeth Corbett in England; and Mary Fortune in Australia opened doors for the women authors who followed them. While Agatha Christie may still reign supreme, the genre would be much poorer without the...
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The most dangerous game: The sole survivor of a yachting accident swims to a mysterious island to save himself, where he is welcomed by the Count and introduced to two other survivors. The Count is a big game hunter and the three guests soon find that he has grown bored with hunting animals and is after a new prey - man.
And then there were none: The scene of the crime, in this Agatha Christie masterpiece, is a deserted island, in a creepy mansion....
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Jane Marple was first introduced in a magazine story that Agatha Christie wrote in 1927 and went on to her first appearance in a full length novel in 1930. This collection of original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a new generation as each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own perspective while staying true to traditional mystery hallmarks.
457) Murder at the gallop
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"Margaret Rutherford returns as amateur detective Miss Marple. 'But he was murdered, wasn't he?' What a frightfully un-British comment to make at the reading of the will. But that's dotty Aunt Cora for you. Then a mysterious hand offs Aunt Cora, and suddenly the old girl's observation doesn't seem quite so dotty after all. This time Rutherford is joined by a perfect partner, the droll Robert Morley. Together they canter along a country lane, ankle...
458) Ten little Indians
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"Ten strangers are summoned to a remote African safari by a mysterious host and find themselves trapped and isolated in their hunting camp. The absent host's recorded voice then reveals why he's gathered his baffled guests: to wreak grisly vengeance for the death each of them has caused! As predicted in the children's rhyme 'Ten Little Indians', one by one, each of the victims meets a gruesome death at the hands of an unseen assailant"--Container....
459) The mirror crack'd
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Miss Marple tackles an assembly of suspects in a homicide on the set of an American extravaganza being filmed in England.
460) The mirror crack'd
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A colony of Hollywood ex-patriots have arrived to film the story Mary, Queen of Scots. Old conflicts reappear--and so does a body. Inspector Craddock is delighted to find that his suspects are none other than his movie heroes but his favourite aunt, the formidable Miss Marple, famous female sleuth, soon gets investigations well under way.