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Agatha Christie
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other StoriesThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories
Cat among the PigeonsCat among the Pigeons
Hickory, Dickory, DockHickory, Dickory, Dock
Destination UnknownDestination Unknown
A Pocket Full of RyeA Pocket Full of Rye


Hardback
harpercollins (2002)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories
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.
What links these six baffling cases? The distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.
Includes the Miss Marple story Greenshaw’s Folly
`There is irresistable simplicity and buoyancy of a Christmas treat about it all’ Times Literary Supplement
'The empress of the crime novel' Sunday Express


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Paperback - harpercollins (2002)
Hardback
harpercollins (2002)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Cat among the Pigeons
See Review by Martin Edwards - creator of the highly acclaimed, Liverpool based Harry Devlin Mysteries
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 Updike knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot’s help, she will be the next victim...
`Immensely enjoyable.’ Daily Express
‘Agatha Christie at her best is faultless... and she is in top form in Cat Among the Pigeons’ New York Times


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Hardback
harpercollins (2001)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Hickory, Dickory, Dock
See Review by Martin Edwards - creator of the highly acclaimed, Liverpool based Harry Devlin Mysteries
An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot’s interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items – including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup – he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a ‘unique and beautiful problem’. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?


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Hardback
harpercollins (2001)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Destination Unknown
See Review by Martin Edwards - creator of the highly acclaimed, Liverpool based Harry Devlin Mysteries
When a number of leading scientists disappear without trace, concern grows within the intelligence services. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? Brainwashed? One woman appears to hold the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betterton now lies dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.
Meanwhile, in a Casablanca hotel room, Hilary Craven prepares to take her own life. But her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die…


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Hardback
harpercollins (2001)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk A Pocket Full of Rye
See Review by Martin Edwards - creator of the highly acclaimed, Liverpool based Harry Devlin Mysteries
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 Miss Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme…
'A model of complex skulduggery.' New Yorker


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