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Egy kis közel-keleti ország felvilágosult uralkodója a lázadók elől repülőgépen menekül. Családi kincseit azonban biztonságos helyre menti, hogy kijuttassa az országból, ha ő netán szerencsétlenül járna. Egy előkelő angliai leánynevelő intézetben gyilkosság történik, majd még egy.

Bantry ezredes és felesége békésen alussza reggeli álmát, amikor beront hálószobájukba a rémült szobalány: egy holttest van a könyvtárszobában! Megérkezik a rendőrség, de az agilis Mrs. Bantry áthívja közelben lakó barátnőjét, Miss Marple-t is. A Scotland Yard is a helyi rendőrség segítségére siet, ám a rejtélyt a kedves, idős hölgy oldja meg, akinek mindig kéznél vannak bevált "fegyverei", a bölcsesség, az élettapasztalat, az emberismeret és a pengeéles logika.

Miss Marple er på ferie i det solrige Vestindien. På luksushotellet Golden Palms bliver hun underholdt af major Palgrave – han beretter om sine safarier og sine militære bedrifter og serverer også gerne skandalehistorier. En dag fortæller majoren en fantastisk historie om en mand, hvis...

Miss Marples veninde overværer et mord i et tog, der kører parallelt med hendes eget. Ingen tror på hende undtagen Miss Marple, og sammen giver de to kvinder sig til at lede efter den myrdede kvinde. Sporet fører dem til Rutherford Hall, et afsidesliggende gammelt gods, hvis beboere har en...

Et gammeldags London-hotel er ikke helt så fint, som det giver sig ud for at være. Da Miss Marple kommer til London for at holde ferie, finder hun, hvad hun leder efter på Bertrams Hotel: Traditionel indretning, upåklagelig service og en umiskendelig stemning af fare bag de blankpolerede...

Kort før et rutefly fra Paris skal lande i Croydon, findes en af passagererne død. Ved første øjekast ligner det en allergisk reaktion over for et hvepsestik, men Hercule Poirot, der tilfældigvis er om bord, konkluderer hurtigt, at der er tale om en giftpil. Men hvem kan have affyret pilen...

Mllionæren mr. Rafiel er en gammel bekendt af miss Marple. Kort efter hans død modtager miss Marple et mærkeligt postkort fra ham, hvori han opfordrer hende til at søge retfærdighed og opklare en gammel forbrydelse. Hun vil arve 20.000 pund, hvis det lykkes. Han nævner bare ikke, hvem...

Una de las diez novelas favoritas de la propia Agatha Christie. «Una narración magistral.» The Times Literary Supplement ¿Qué relación hay entre un intento de suicidio fallido, una acusación de robo injusta contra una alumna y la vida sentimental de un famoso tenista? Para un espectador...

Gertrude, the eldest Killoran sister, has spent a lifetime being underestimated - especially by her own family. She may seem as vulnerable as a kitten, but given the chance, she can be as fierce as a tiger. Her adopted brother, Stephen, has just been snatched back by his true father, and she’ll be damned if she relinquishes the boy to the man reviled throughout London as the Mad Marquess.

To solve a mystery that’s become the talk of the ton, no clues run too deep for willful reporter Verity Lovelace. Not even in the sewers of London. That’s precisely where she finds happily self-sufficient scavenger Malcom North, lost heir to the Earl of Maxwell. Now that Verity’s made him front-page news, what will he make of her? Kidnapped as a child, with no memories of his well-heeled past, Malcom prefers the grimy spoils of the culverts to the gilded riches of society.

El misterio perfecto para la brillante y misteriosa Miss Marple. Son las siete de la mañana. Los Bantry se despiertan con una desagradable sorpresa: el cuerpo inerte de una joven mujer desconocida en su biblioteca. Lleva un vestido de noche y bastante maquillaje, que ahora embadurna sus...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. Recently swept off her feet, after a week of courting, the newly married Alix Martin is a woman obsessed by a reoccurring dream of her new husband’s murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly and...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

On a dark evening, Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall under the premise that his car has broken down. Once inside, he embarks upon the tragic tale of Royston Hall's former occupants, leading to a dramatic change in the perceptions of the current inhabitants – but has Mr...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

A classic Marple mystery, read by the inimitable Richard E. Grant. 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 Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme.

A CD edition of this popular Christie mystery. Read by Hugh Fraser, Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle...

Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor's house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died. But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there was no trace of poison, just as Poirot had predicted. Even more troubling for the great detective, there was absolutely no motive.

Read by David Suchet The classic Evil Under the Sun, one of the most famous of Agatha Christie’s Poirot investigations, has the fastidious sleuth on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light. The beautiful bronzed body of...