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Agatha Christie - Page 8

Death in the Clouds Three Act Tragedy The Listerdale Mystery and Other Stories The Hound of Death and Other Stories Lord Edgware Dies

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Paperback - Fontana (1972)

Death in the Clouds
From seat no. 9, hercule poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No. 13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit habit; across the gangway in seat No. 8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.
What Poirot did not yet realise was that behind him, in seat No. 2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

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Paperback - harpercollins (2002)

Three Act Tragedy
Thirteen guests arrived for dinner. In retrospect, maybe Sir Charles Cartwright, the great actor, should have taken his secretary up on her offer to be the fourteenth.
For at the end of the evening one of the guests is dead - but when his glass is sent for analysis it is found to contain nothing but an excellent dry Martini. It is just as another of the guests, Hercule Poirot, predicted.
What causes the famous detective greater trouble, however, is the complete lack of motive…
'Makes uncommonly good reading' New York Times

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Hardback harpercollins (1998)

The Listerdale Mystery and Other Stories
Twelve tantalising cases ... the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlywed's fear of her ex-fiancé; a strange encounter on a train; a domestic murder investigation; a mild man's sudden personality change; a retired inspector's hunt for a murderess; a young woman's impersonation of a duchess; a necklace hidden in a basket of cherries; a mystery writer's arrest for murder; an astonishing marriage proposal; a soprano's hatred for a baritone; and the case of the Rajah's emerald.
All have one thing in common: the skilful hand of Agatha Christie.
'They are, without exception, the work of an experienced and artful cook' Times Literary Supplement
'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction' Observer

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Hardback harpercollins (1998)

The Hound of Death and Other Stories
Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation...
A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from 'the other side'; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady's hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of 'murder'; a young man's sudden amnesia; a levitation experience; a mysterious SOS.
To discover the answers, delve into the supernatural storytelling of Agatha Christie. A haunting collection of mysteries, from the darker side of Agatha Christie.
'Twelve thrilling, chilling mysteries' Observer

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Hardback harpercollins (1998)

Paperback - harpercollins (1999)

Lord Edgware Dies
"I've just got to get rid of my husband!"
Poirot was momentarily astonished. But later, when he met Lord Edgware, he remembered the shudder with which Jane had spoken. Edgware bid him farewell very suavely, but as Poirot closed the library door, he glanced back into the room and almost exclaimed aloud. The aristocratic, smiling face was transformed. The lips were drawn back from the teeth in a snarl, the eyes were alive with fury and an almost insane rage.
Next morning, Lord Edgware was found stabbed in the back of the neck...
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 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?
Cover painting of Fontana edition by Tom Adams
'The whole case is a triumph of Poirot's special qualities' Times Literary Supplement

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