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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 thehouse, 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...

John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, with Simon Williams as Captain Hastings. (This work comes with music specially composed by Tom Smail.) As Hercule Poirot sifts through his post one particular morning, he alights upon a letter from an elderly and (asit transpires), exceedingly rich spinster -- Miss Emily Arundell. She is clearly in great distress and seeking his help, but doesnt say why. Her only specific mention is the incident of the dogs ball. However, what intrigues Poirot is the date of thecommunication -- it was written two months ago. He persuades Captain Hastings that they must visit the lady with all haste. On arrival, they discover that she has died, apparently of natural causes. But Bob, Miss Arundells devoted wire-haired terrier,knows better. And so, soon, does Poirot.

Agatha Christie's most ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.'A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out

Bereft of the three people she has held most dear - her mother, her husband and her daughter - Celia is on the verge of suicide. Then one night on an exotic island she meets Larraby, a successful portrait painter and through a long night of talk revealshow she is afraid to commit herself to a second chance of happiness with another person, yet is not brave enough to face life alone. Can Larraby help Celia come to terms with the past or will they part, her outcome still uncertain?

Carrie White is no ordinary girl.Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her . . .

Amikor Cassie Jensent beszállítják a St. Catherine Kórház intenzív osztályára, Alice Marlowe főnővér elámul afiatal és gyönyörű nőtől, aki valamiért ismerősnek tűnik neki, de egyelőre nem tudja, miért.De aztán Alice megdöbben, amikor olyasvalamit fedez fel, amit Cassie mindenki, még az odaadó férje és családjaelőtt is titokban tartott - ez a titok pedig mindent megváltoztat.Frank ugyanennek a kórházi osztálynak a betege. Bezártság-szindrómában szenved: ugyan mindent lát és hall,ami körülötte történik, azonban nem tud kommunikálni. Idővel rájön, hogy Cassie élete még mindig veszélybenvan, és miközben a rendőrség tovább nyomoz, hogy kiderítse, valójában mi történt a lánnyal, egyedül Franktudja a teljes igazságot. Senki más nem ismerheti meg - ő viszont nem tudja elmondani

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that amultiple murderer was at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood - or her speculation that the local doctor was next in line.But within hours, Miss Pinkerton had been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke was inclined tothink so - until he read in The Times of the unexpected demise of Dr Humbleby...

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity andthe means to administer the fatal poison.Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...

Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme

Eric Packer, a fiatal milliárdos egy átlagosnak tűnő áprilisi napon kilép New York-i lakásából, és beszáll a csúcstechnikával és luxuscikkekkel fényűzően berendezett fehér limuzinjába. Ezen a napon két komoly küldetés áll előtte: világrengető spekulációstámadást kell intéznie a japán jen ellen - és el kell jutnia Manhattan túlsó végébe a fodrászához.Ericnek hol az amerikai elnök motoros kísérete, hol egy zenészbálvány temetési menete, hol egy erőszakos politikai tüntetés állja útját. A kocsi kényelmes bőrülésén egymást váltják a látogatók: biztonsági, műszaki és pénzügyi szakértők, sőt Ericmenyasszonya és szeretője is, miközben a limuzin az egyre bizonytalanabb jövő felé araszolgat.A könyvből David Cronenberg készített nagyszabású, lehengerlő filmet Robert Pattison és Juliette Binoche főszereplésével.

Az Egyiptomi Múzeum lépcsőjén, Kairó kellős közepén, Tomás Noronhát megszólítja egy vadidegen nő. A neve Ariana Pakravan, iráni, és nála van egy régi, kiadatlan kézirat másolata. Ezen egy furcsa cím és egy rejtélyes vers áll.A váratlan találkozás hihetetlen kalandokba sodorja Tomást, amelyek során belekeveredik az iráni nukleáris válságba és Albert Einstein legfontosabb, ám befejezetlen tudományos felfedezésébe, amely minden idők legnagyobb rejtélyéhez vezet. Egy szerelmitörténet, egy árulás, egy könyörtelen hajsza, egy spirituális keresés: mindez elvezet minket a misztikusfelismerésig. A regény a legfrissebb és leghaladóbb szellemű fizikai, kozmológiai ésmatematikai felfedezéseken alapszik. Az isteni formula megdöbbentő utazásra invitálja az olvasót

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side.In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat.The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously?After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses... and no corpse.

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF 2018! What did she see? It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost,lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three,they are an echo of the life that was once hers. But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. Buteven if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself? `Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing' Gillian Flynn `One of those rare books that really is unputdownable' Stephen King `Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid `A dark, twistyconfection' Ruth Ware `An incredible debut. I loved it... a brilliant page turner' Jane Harper, author of The Dry

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes outWhen Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer.Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairsIn fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years before.

The ninth thrilling Miss Marple mystery As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was arousedby an old soldier's yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.

One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin-code name: The Needle-who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory.Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and dangerous machinations of the human heart.

A striking novel of truth and soul-searching.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...Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

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 withfriends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?

Egy spanyol paleográfus a Vatikáni Könyvtárban az egyik legrégebbi fennmaradt Biblia-kéziratot, a CodexVaticanust tanulmányozza. Hirtelen zajt hall a sötétben. Egy alak ráveti magát, és elvágja atorkát. Az olasz rendőrfelügyelő, Valentina Ferro, ahíres portugál történész-kriptoanalitikust, Tomás Noronhát hívja segítségül a holttest mellett talált különösüzenet megfejtéséhez. Az esetet két másik gyilkosság követi. A nyomozás során Tomás ésValentina a Biblia rejtélyeinek kanyargós ösvényéntalálja magát. Ezen az ösvényen pedig eljutnak a Szentföldre, és meg sem állnak az Újszövetség utolsó titkáig.Jézus Krisztus valódi identitásáig. José Rodrigues dos Santos regénye valós adatokon,kutatásokon és idézeteken alapul. A szerző ismét bebizonyítja, hogy a rejtély nagymestere. Az utolsó titoktöbb mint regény: lerántja a leplet az Újszövetség legnagyobb rejtélyéről.

To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman's head? Or was it when the priest's assailant searched him so roughly he tore the clergyman's cassock? Or could it have been the priest's visit, just minutes before, to a woman on her death bed?Or was there a deeper significance to the violent squabble which Mark Easterbrook had himself witnessed earlier?Wherever the beginning lies, Mark and his sidekick, Ginger Corrigan, may soon have cause to wish they'd never found it

A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practiceThe 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 whywould a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now - in the words of the rhyme - can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls - things like murderLate 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 frompoint 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

At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to dieThirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor's 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.But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison - just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive

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 he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met. Another Christie classic which takes a series of turns thatkeep listeners guessing to the end. Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot.

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back...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.Butwhy is the dead man wearing his son's 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, identically murdered corpse...

A message from a dead acquaintance prompts a bus tour to an unknown crime...In utter disbelief Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels.Recognising in MissMarple a natural flair for justice, Mr Rafiel had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing.