Agatha Christie

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Sad Cypress

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Murder Is Easy

And Then There Were None

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Paperback - harpercollins (2001)

Sad Cypress
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 and the 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...
‘Poirot solves another exciting case.’ Daily Mail

Paperback - harpercollins (2002)

Hardback
harpercollins (1999)

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
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?
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?
'The Empress of the crime novel' Daily Express
'A swift course of unflagging suspense leads to complete surprise' The Times

Hardback
harpercollins (1999)

Paperback - harpercollins (2002)

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Pan (1952)

Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy challenges you to solve Luke Fitzwilliam's problem before he does. This police officer, returning to England from the East, meets in the train an old lady who tells him she is going to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village. "It's very easy to kill - so long as no one suspects you," she says. "And you see, the person in question is just the last person anyone would suspect." Next day she is run down by a car and killed; a week later a doctor whom she had mentioned as the next victim is also dead. Luke, under pretext of collecting local superstitions fora book on witchcraft, goes down to investigate, with an introduction to Bridget Conway, fiancee of Lord Whitfield, the self-made business-man who proudly "runs" the village. Events soon move fast; terror spreads. Can you spot the criminal?
'Suspense, mystery, romance and an agreeable touch of the macabre' Guardian
'Contains some clever plotting and enough casting of suspicion to keep you guessing like mad' Books
'One of Agatha Christie's best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique' New York Times

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Hardback
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And Then There Were None
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen.
Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of the unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again ... and again.
'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction' Observer

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas

‘You yearned for a ‘good violent murder with lots of blood’. So this is your special story - written for you.’ Agatha Christie

It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man…