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Meet Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's first published novel
"Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory—-let the theory go." ― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
When a weathly English widow dies of strychnine poisoning, the illustrious inspector Hercule Poirot is called in to determine which of the family members is at fault.
This Xist Classics edition has been
An unexpected visitor called Mayerling comes in through Hercule Poirot's bedroom and collapses on the floor. The only clue to what he wants is his repeating Poirot's name and address and writing the number 4, many times. When Hastings jokingly calls it "The Mystery of the Big Four," the man begins speaking about an international crime cartel of that name. He describes the four leaders: Number 1 is a Chinese political mastermind named Li Chang Yen;
...4) Runner
Narcoleptic Southie PI Mark Genevich returns in this sequel to The Little Sleep from the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Survivor Song and The Cabin at the End of the World.
Like most private eyes, Mark Genevich is something of a lone wolf. So group therapy isn't a great fit. But his landlord/mother is convinced it will help his narcolepsy—ignoring the fact that his disorder is a physical condition.
...8) Lion & Lamb
11) Private Paris
It begins with a narrator who is very similar to our Hastings. The first interaction between our narrator and Poirot is very interesting. It is really funy to think that our narrator took Poirot for an hairdresser.
The novel is full of twist and turns and it can be enjoyed by following the proper clues. Agatha Christie never leaves her reader in the dark, she provides nearly all possible clues. And the solution completely depends on your
...15) Foreign affairs
When he’s apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the start the trip seems to be cursed, plagued by suspicious “accidents”...
THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT!
"The murderer is with us—on the train now . . ."
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door
...Savannah is shaken to the core when coroner Dr. Jennifer Liu appears on her doorstep late one night and admits to fudging an autopsy report to keep her friend Brianne's suicide a secret—fulfilling a final promise made before the terminally ill woman administered...
"It's 'Deliverance' encased in ice... Denfeld's novel is indeed loaded with suspense, its resonance comes from its surprising tilt towards storytelling restraint, a rarity in this typical crackling genre. Elegiac, informative and disquieting. . . . The novel gallops to a suitably heart-racing finish." — New York Times Book Review
A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from
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