A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Raymond West approaches the Tuesday Night Club after his visit to John Newman, a friend who is searching for the Spanish ship Otranto which was shipwrecked off the coast of Cornwall. When John Newman disappears for days, upon his return he claims that he had been abducted by the thieves who had stripped the Otranto of its gold, and that the local pub landlord had worked with them. Can Miss Marple help...
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Regretting her actions Daphne St John needs to return a diamond she stole from a friend. But without the owner being any the wiser. After worrying herself out of sleep she enlists the help of Parker Pyne to give the diamond back and ease her guilty conscience.
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Sane and sensible Edward Robinson secretly dreams of fast cars, adventurous women and danger, but his fiancée, Maud, keeps him grounded in reality. When Edward wins money in a newspaper competition, he immediately buys the sleek red car of his dreams – without telling Maud. Adventure swiftly ensues, as he is embroiled in high society scandals that lead him to a significant transformation.
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.On the edge of a cliff Mr Satterthwaite meets a man who is determined to kill himself. The villa that sits on top of the cliff has always fascinated Satterthwaite, this time he cannot resist a peak and what he finds inside could even save a man’s life…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Hercule Poirot is slightly reluctant to answer a letter demanding his services by the reclusive and eccentric millionaire Benedict Farley. Entering the strange world that Mr. Farley inhabits and accounting for each stagy nuanced oddity Poirot is a little at a loss at his ability to help. Poirot is apparently meant to consult on Mr. Farley’s reoccurring dream, of death, something not usually within his...
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Boarding the Orient Express at the Gare de Lyon, a young woman discovers the presence of the detective Parker Pyne on the train, who is there to solve a jewel robbery that hasn’t happened yet. She thinks she might know the intended victim…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, when she sees an advert for a woman of her description is needed to impersonate a grand duchess she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job appeal to her even more. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to...
«Так кто же кого убил?» Именно таким вопросом задается писательница Ариадна Оливер. Но на сей раз этот вопрос связан не с сюжетом нового романа, а с реальным преступлением из ее собственного прошлого. Ариадне не дает покоя загадочная смерть супружеской пары, ее друзей, случившаяся двенадцать лет назад. Тогда эту трагедию посчитали двойным самоубийством. Но миссис Оливер полагает иначе… И тогда она обращается за помощью к своему давнему знакомому, великому сыщику Эркюлю Пуаро. Дело чрезвычайно...
