Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Theres a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victims corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Chuton, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught — until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 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 hed overheard back in Jerusalem: You see, dont you, that shes got to be killed? Mrs. Boynton was,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 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 couldnt 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…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles — until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret. This new signature edition is the first to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 906 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 375) Аннотация: This is the sequel to The Secret of Chimneys, the second novel to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent. As a prank, eight alarm clocks are set to wake up champion sleeper, Gerry Wade. But when morning arrives, one clock is missing and the prank backfires, with tragic consequences.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 835 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 361) Аннотация: While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices a ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says: «Why didn't they ask Evans»?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the owners of an old English house. Along with the property they have inherited a collection of antique books. When looking through «The Black Arrow», Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings which spell out a disturbing message.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunts International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq... It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of «Lovely Louise», wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his sons overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 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. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: 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 passengerwer. 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.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 921 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 378) Аннотация: When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say: Its been hushed up very nicely, hasnt itBut he was murdered, wasnt he? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the myste.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: At a Halloween 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 ...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: 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 pharoahs 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,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her priceless rubies are missing.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Les nouvelles rassemblées ici datent des années 1923 à 1932. La future «Reine du crime» explore alors des voies diverses, qui nous montrent toute la richesse de sa palette. Une touche de paranormal affleure dans «La maison des rêves», à côté du pur suspense psychologique de «Tant que brillera le jour». Avec «L'or de Man», la romancière relevait un autre…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Well, it's no wonder. The plot-suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger — is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The classic mystery that introduced Miss Jane Marple Miss Jane Marpleas passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local manas murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isnat raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 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…