With Impeccable Timing Hercule Poirot, The Renowned Belgian Detective, Makes His Dramatic Entrance On To The English Crime Stage. Recently, There Had Been Some Strange Goings On At Styles St Mary. Evelyn, Constant Companion To Old Mrs Inglethorp, Had Stormed Out Of The House Muttering Something About A Lot Of Sharks . And With Her, Something Indefinable Had Gone From The Atmosphere. Her Presence Had Spelt Security; Now The Air Seemed Rife With Suspicion And Impending Evil. A Shattered Coffee Cup, A Splash Of Candle Grease, A Bed Of Begonias& All Poirot Required To Display His Now Legendary Powers Of Detection.
Hercule Poirot Series
This classic detective series by Agatha Christie follows Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he solves complex crimes with extraordinary logic and insight. Each story is renowned for its surprising twists and intricate plots. Poirot is known for his perfect attention to detail and his ability to uncover the truth, even when it seems hidden. The series is considered one of the best in the detective genre.
Recommended Reading Order
"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead, stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored; and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.
First There Was The Mystery Of The Film Star And The Diamond& Then Came The Suicide That Was Murder& The Mystery Of The Absurdly Chaep Flat& A Suspicious Death In A Locked Gun-Room& A Million Dollar Bond Robbery& The Curse Of A Pharoah S Tomb& A Jewel Robbery By The Sea& The Abduction Of A Prime Minister& The Disappearance Of A Banker& A Phone Call From A Dying Man& And, Finally, The Mystery Of The Missing Willl. What Links These Fascinating Cases? Only The Brilliant Deductive Powers Of Hercule Poirot!
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Agatha Christie's most audacious crime mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
The Big Four
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Framed In The Doorway Of Poirot S Bedroom Stood An Uninvited Guest, Coated From Head To Foot In Dust. The Man S Gaunt Face Stared For A Moment, Then He Swayed And Fell. Who Was He? Was He Suffering From Shock Or Just Exhaustion? Above All, What Was The Significance Of The Figure 4, Scribbled Over And Over Again On A Sheet Of Paper? Poirot Finds Himself Plunged Into A World Of International Intrigue, Risking His Life To Uncover The Truth About Number Four .
The Mystery of the Blue train
- 307 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice...
Peril at House End
- 122 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.
Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?
Just After Midnight, A Snowdrift Stopped The Orient Express In Its Tracks. The Luxurious Train Was Surprisingly Full For The Time Of The Year. But By The Morning There Was One Passenger Fewer. An American Lay Dead In His Compartment, Stabbed A Dozen Times, His Door Locked From The Inside. With Tension Mounting, Detective Hercule Poirot Comes Up With Not One, But Two Solutions To The Crime.
Three Act Tragedy
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Thirteen guests arrived for dinner at the actores house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died.
Originally published in 1935 under the title Death in the air.
There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident—but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.
Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about excepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection.
Murder in Mesopotamia
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
In Mesopotamia, a woman is murdered under circumstances that rival a sealed room mystery. It was up to Hercule Poirot to solve it.
Death on the Nile
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
John Moffatt stars as the famous Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of one of Christie's most popular novels. Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering ...
Master sleuth Hercule Poirot draws upon his detective skills and insight into the human heart as he investigates various crimes, in "Dead Man's Mirror," "The Incredible Theft," "Triangle at Rhodes," and the title story. Reissue.
Dumb Witness
- 411 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs at her home in Market Basing by her frisky terrier, Bob. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.So, on April 17th she wrote about her anxieties and suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. And included a request that he consult with her as soon as possible. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th … by which time Emily was already dead.
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 adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Was it just a weak heart and too much sun that killed her, or has one of Mrs Boynton's many victims found revenge? By chance, the great detective Hercule Poirot has some useful information, but is it enough to find the killer? He has 24 hours to solve the case.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- 203 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A BBC Radio full-cast dramatization starring Peter Sallis as the great Belgian detective. Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more. Before they can discover his motivation, they find him lying in a pool of blood, his throat cut. But it is the strangest thing--the door has been locked from the inside and there is no trace of the murderer. With so many possible suspects, it is lucky for Superintendent Sugden that the Chief Constable has his old friend Hercule Poirot staying with him. It seems to be an impossible case. But, as Poirot knows only too well, things aren't always as they seem.
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?
The Body in the Library
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
When the Bantrys wake to find the body of a beautiful, young stranger in their library, Dolly Bantry knows there's only one person to call : her old friend Miss Marple. Who was the young girl ? What was she doing in the library ? And is there a connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry ? Miss Marple must solve the mystery, before tongues start to wag and the murderer strikes again.
Evil under the sun
- 219 pages
- 8 hours of reading
It was not unusual to find the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only on this occasion there was no sun...her beautiful bronzed body had been strangled to death.
Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Agatha Christie's ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: 'Henrietta'. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool. Poirot's enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect - and each a victim of love.
Hercule Poirot staves off retirement for another irresistible case. In this title, each of the 12 chapters is a short story dealing with one of Hercules's labors.
Taken at the flood
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him…
An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage…
The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder.... When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it...But he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
Hickory dickory dock
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
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 adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: * Audio with a reading of the adapted story* Helpful notes on characters* Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot* A glossary of the more difficult words Strange items have disappeared from the student hostel on Hickory Road and Mrs Hubbard, the warden, is becoming suspicious. Detective Hercule Poirot has been a little bored recently and decides to try to solve the mystery. But the investigation turns sinister when one of the students is found poisoned in her room.
Dead man's folly: A Hercule Poirot murder mystery
- 228 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Eccentric mystery lover Ariadne Oliver's weekend game of mock murder is a big hit. But if it's just a game, then why all the blood? Luckily, one of the players is Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot.
Cat among the pigeons
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The New-Look Series Of Hercule Poirot Books For The 21St Century. Late One Night, Two Teachers Investigate A Mysterious Flashing Light In The Sports Pavilion, While The Rest Of The School Sleeps. There, Among The Lacrosse Sticks, They Stumble Upon The Body Of The Unpopular Games Mistress Shot Through The Heart From Point Blank Range. The School Is Thrown Into Chaos When The Cat Strikes Again. Unfortunately, Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn Knows Too Much. In Particular, She Knows That Without Hercule Poirot S Help, She Will Be The Next Victim&
As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a man sprawled across the living room floor.
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane.
A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples. At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce, a hostile thirteen-year-old, boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence.' But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer!
Elephants Can Remember
- 237 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. For here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident – the broken body of a woman was discovered on the rocks at the foot of the cliff. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies – a husband and wife – shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into a crime committed 15 years earlier and discovers that, when there is a distinct lack of physical evidence, it’s just as well that ‘old sins leave long shadows.' This story is part of Agatha Christie’s murder in retrospect series, a collection of stories which look at a crime several years after the fact, piecing together testimonials and witness reports to finally uncover the truth. This time we see Mrs Oliver’s goddaughter, attempting to find out the truth about her deceased parents – who killed whom?
Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw, was Coco Courtenay's death on the same night a coincidence and did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine?
Curtain
- 280 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Arthritic and immobilized, Poirot enlists his old friend Captain Hastings to assist him at Styles, providing observations to Poirot's keen mind. Although Poirot knows the identity of the criminal, he keeps it from the frustrated Hastings, referring to them as 'X'. Responsible for multiple murders, X is poised to strike again, and the duo must act quickly to avert further tragedy. This marks Poirot’s final case, revisiting Styles where he and Hastings first solved a mystery together. The story was both awaited and dreaded by Agatha Christie fans, many of whom hesitate to read it due to its portrayal of Poirot’s death. Written during World War II as a potential farewell gift for her daughter, the manuscript was kept in a safe for over thirty years. In 1975, it was finally published by Collins, alongside Sleeping Murder, another story penned during the war. The announcement of Poirot’s death garnered international attention, even earning him an obituary in The New York Times, making him the only fictional character to receive such an honor. David Suchet, who portrayed Poirot for twenty-five years, took on the role in his final moments in a 2013 adaptation of the series Agatha Christie’s Poirot.
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Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Experience Agatha Christie's masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation--featuring gorgeous full-color illustrations by Bob Al-Greene. "The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again. This beautiful, full-color graphic novel adaptation brings this favorite mystery to life--perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.
This is one of a collection of four newly published short stories by the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie. The stories cover a range of styles, from crime to dark romance and the supernatural.
Hercule Poirot. The Complete Short Stories
- 800 pages
- 28 hours of reading
At Last All The Poirot Short Stories In A Single Volume My Name Is Hercule Poirot And I Am Probably The Greatest Detective In The World. The Dapper, Moustache-Twirling Little Belgian With The Egg-Shaped Head, Curious Mannerisms And Inordinate Respect For His Own Little Grey Cells Has Solved Some Of The Most Puzzling Crimes Of The Century. Appearing In Agatha Christie S Very First Novel In 1920 And Her Very Last In 1975, Hercule Poirot Became The Most Celebrated Detective Since Sherlock Holmes, Appearing In 33 Novels, A Play, And These 51 Short Stories. Arranged In Their Original Publication Order, These Short Stories Provide A Feast For Hardened Agatha Christie Addicts As Well As Those Who Have Grown To Love The Detective Through His Many Film And Television Appearances.
First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits...and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide.
Black Coffee
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.
Problem at Pollensa Bay and other stories
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. This collection of short stories features Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and, of course, Poirot - who finds his skills tested to the full.
Le Miroir du mort
- 253 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Chacun sait qu'Hercule Poirot est le plus grand détective de tous les temps. Un homme se suicide quelques heures après lui avoir demandé assistance ? Allons donc ! ce serait trop facile, et le petit Belge sait bien que personne ne fait appel à lui sans raison...Pour lui, rien de plus facile que de déjouer les jeux de glaces, aller au-delà du miroir et faire jaillir la réalité des apparences. Le miroir du mort, Feux d'artifice, L'Invraisemblable Vol : trois nouvelles où le génie de la déduction d'Hercule Poirot s'en donne à cœur joie, parues dans Le Masquer sous le titre : " Poirot résout trois énigmes ".
