Böcker av Agatha Christie

Binding : Paperback/ 474PAGESBook Size : 8.5 x 11Book Interior : Black & WhitePaper Type : 70 GSM Cream paperBook Cover : Matte FinishThis is the first part of 'The Literary Legend' Agatha Christie's novels. Four thriller novels are published under part 1.

Ackroyd's niece calls Poirot in to ensure that the guilt does not fall on Ackroyd's stepson; Poirot promises to find the truth, which she accepts. The novel was initially well-received, remarked for the startling ending, and in 2013, 87 years after its release the British Crime Writers' Association voted it the best crime novel ever. It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre. Howard Haycraft included this novel in his list of the most influential crime novels ever written.

As Jane Marple sat basking in the tropical sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Then a question was put to her by a stranger: 'Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?' Before she has a chance to answer, the man vanishes, only to be found dead the next day. The mysteries abound: Where is the picture? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most talked-about guest, a reclusive millionaire, ever leave his room? And why is Miss Marple herself fearful for her life?Of note: A Caribbean Mystery introduces the wealthy (and difficult) Mr Jason Rafiel, who will call upon Miss Marple for help in Nemesis (1971) -- after his death.

The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is poisoned, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mysterysupported with scene-stealing aplomb by Jane Marple, who suspects that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. But who? If it was meant for Marina, then why? And before the final fade-out, who else from St Mary Mead's cast of seemingly innocent characters is going to be eliminated?

In Agatha Christies classic, A Pocket Full of Rye, the bizarre death of a financial tycoon has Miss Marple investigating a very odd case of crime by rhyme.Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his counting house when he suffered an agonizing 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 parlor which confirmed Miss Marples suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme. . . .

In Agatha Christies classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing oneand only Miss Marple believes her story.For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Mrs. McGillicuddy's friend Jane Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there are no other witnesses, no suspects, and no case -- for there is no corpse, and no one is missing. Miss Marple asks her highly efficient and intelligent young friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow to infiltrate the Crackenthorpe family, who seem to be at the heart of the mystery, and help unmask a murderer.

A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisementand Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.

In Agatha Christies They Do It with Mirrors, the indomitable Miss Marple investigates some rather deadly doings at a rehabilitation center for delinquents.Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation center for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Although he is not injured, a mysterious visitor is less fortunateshot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and must use all her cunning to solve the riddle of the strangers visit and his murder.

The indomitable sleuth Miss Marple is led to a small town with shameful secrets in Agatha Christies classic detective story, The Moving Finger. Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous secretsa town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes onlya minor stir.But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs. Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note says I cant go on, but Miss Marple questions the coroners verdict of suicide. Soon nobody is sure of anyoneas secrets stop being shameful and start becoming deadly.

The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christies first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marpleas a dead body in a clergymans study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.

The iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christies classic mystery, The Body in the LibraryIts seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into their home to investigate. Amid rumors of scandal, she baits a clever trap to catch a ruthless killer.

?[We] can't get enough of Christie's plush and murderous thrills.? ?Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery?this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing.Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love?crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries.In ?The Face of Helen,? a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; ?Finessing the King? delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who's in danger of getting stung in ?Wasps' Nest? depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder?before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death.

THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORIZED EDITION OF THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIMENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM TWENTIETH CENTURY FOXDIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH ?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 locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.Includes a photo insert of images from the film!?What more . . . can a mystery addict desire???New York Times

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.

En av Englands finaste privatskolor, en skola som har elever från både den inhemska såväl som den utländska kungligheter, har drabbats av ohyra: någon har letat sig in i elev- eller lärarkåren för att sabotera. I början handlar om småsaker, men allteftersom tiden går blir stämningsläget mer hotfullt. Det blir upp till den världsberömde detektiven Hercule Poirot att ta reda på vad det är som egentligen försiggår på den anrika institutionen – och vem som ligger bakom de gradvis mer obehagliga sabotagen ...Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.t

Here is a sparkling collection of mystery gems, polished puzzlers from the pen of Agatha Christie starring the vain, eccentric and utterly brilliant Hercule Poirot.Hercule Poirot grapples with a chain of mysteries that challenge his ingenuity and display the author¿s wide-ranging imagination to fine effect. Herein the detective deals with the theft of a gem said to have been the eye of a mysterious idol, a million dollars in bonds that disappear from a locked case, jewel thieves who have conceived of a seemingly impossible theft, and even the kidnapping of the Prime Minister of England. Poirot uses deduction, deception and isn¿t above creating illusions to reveal a killer, but his foes are often both more unusual and more dangerous than simple murderers. He finds himself battling spies, masters of disguise and even trying to thwart a supposed Egyptian curse. Upon the initial appearance of Poirot Investigates in 1924 reviewers were impressed by the author¿s ability to create a complete, thoroughly conceived mystery with a surprising but logical solution inside a tight package of perhaps four thousand words. For the next fifty years, writing at any length that took her fancy, Christie would continue to produce some of the finest mysteries ever written.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Poirot Investigates is both modern and readable.

When Emily Inglethorp is poisoned the police are certain they¿ve found the killer, but Hercule Poirot is not so easily satisfied. The sleuth digs deep into a tangled mystery in his debut appearance as the detective hero of Christie¿s classic crime series.Agatha Christie¿s first mystery novel marks the initial appearance of her renowned Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, known for his impeccably neat appearance, fine mustache, and ability to cut to the core of some of the most complex and puzzling mysteries ever conceived. Summoned to investigate a murder in an elegant English country house, Poirot begins assembling clues and finding reasons to doubt the apparently obvious culprit was actually responsible for the murder. Riddles and secrets multiply as documents vanish, secret alliances are unveiled and the seemingly unsolvable is broken wide open. Deliberately conceived and written to puzzle devoted mystery fans, The Mysterious Affair at Styles has delighted readers since its first publication in 1920 and marks a perfect entry point for those new to the author or her unforgettable sleuth.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Mysterious Affair at Styles is both modern and readable.

Agatha Christie¿s deft skill in plotting is on full display in the first adventure of Tommy and Tuppence, with seemingly disconnected events revealing a complex web of intrigue. Behind the plot is a formidable foe, a mysterious figure whose identity seems impossible to determine and whose plans include murder.Tommy Beresford and "Tuppence" Cowley¿s new firm, Young Adventurers Ltd opens for business only to have their first customer drop out of sight at the mere mention of a name. Careful investigation reveals connections between a missing survivor of the torpedoed Lusitania, documents highly compromising to the British government and a potentially catastrophic plot masterminded by a very dangerous man whose identity is known to no one living. The novel first appeared in 1922 and was greeted by reviews marveling at the author¿s masterful concealment of the villain¿s identity, some going as far as to say that unless the reader peeked at the final few pages there was no way to know it, making this a truly secret adversary. Appearing as silent movie in 1928 this was the first of the author¿s novels to be made into a film. Although overshadowed by Christie¿s better known sleuths, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence were her favorite creations and her enthusiasm for the couple and their adventures is transparent on the page.With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Secret Adversary is both modern and readable.

Hercule Poirot är en av världens mest berömda detektiver. Kanske är det just därför det är han som får det mystiska telefonsamtalet där han, som på ett silverfat, serveras flera avgörande ledtrådar för ett sedan flera år tillbaka olöst fall. Men är det verkligen så enkelt att han nu bara kan lösa fallet?"Gul iris" är en av novellerna i Agatha Christies klassiska novell-samling, som innehåller flera av deckardrottningens främsta kortare mysterier.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.

Voted by the British Crime Writers Association as the "e;Best Crime Novel of all Time"e;Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christies ten favorite novels, The Murder of Rojer Ackroyd.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose.However the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Rogers friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes overnone other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot, den belgiske gentlemannen med en klurig mustasch och en alltid lika pikant liten hatt, är världens mest namnkunnige detektiv. Ingen bov, oavsett listighet, har lyckats komma undan honom under hans långa och snirkliga karriär som privatspanare. I "Poirots små grå celler" samlas några av Agatha Christies mest omtyckta noveller om detektiven. Här får vi träffa filmstjärnor i nöd, arkeologer som kommit något avgörande på spåren och en premiärminister verkar ha blivit kidnappad. Det blir upp till Poirot att tvinna sina snirkliga mustascher och ge sig ut på en hjärnornas kamp med några av de mest hänsynslösa och listiga banditer han hittills har tagit upp kampen med.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.t

Den 9 september ser ut att bli en helt vanlig dag för stenografen Sheila Webb. Precis som instruerat öppnar hon den olåsta dörren på 19 Wilbraham Crescent och går in i rummet till höger. Därinne finns två saker som snart ska komma att få henne ur balans. Den första är gökuret som högljutt slår klockan tre ovanför hennes huvud. Den andra är det fasansfulla liket som plötsligt ligger på golvet framför henne.När Hercule Poirot tar sig an mordfallet på nummer 19 är det framför allt en detalj som intresserar honom: Klockorna. Förutom den som Sheila tydligt hört gala så finns det i rummet fyra andra urverk. Det lustiga är att dessa visar en helt annan tid - och ingen av dem tillhör ägaren av huset. Hur kom klockorna dit? Och vad har egentligen tiden 16:13 för betydelse?Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk författare. Hon är än idag en av världens bäst säljande författare och är kanske mest känd för sina böcker om Hercule Poirot och Miss Marple.---"Klockorna" © 1964 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved."The Clocks" © 1963 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.AGATHA CHRISTIE © is a registered trademark of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

Ett gäng topparkeologer har fått uppdraget att gräva ut en forntida stad. Det är en länge försvunnen stad från det forna Mesopotamien som man till slut har hittat. Sjuksköterskan Amy Leatheran är satt att hjälpa teamet med svensk-amerikanska arkeologer med sjukvård och liknande, en uppgift som snart visar sig vara mer viktig än vad hon tidigare kunnat föreställa sig. Ett mord inträffar nämligen på arkeologernas högkvarter, något som ställer hela operationen på huvudet. Men när den världsberömda detektiven Hercule Poirot gör inträde går oron som en elchock genom sällskapet. För vem är det egentligen som har blivit till en mördare ... ?Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.

Det är Halloween och festligheterna är i full gång. Deckarförfattaren Ariadne Oliver är på plats, och det är även en trettonårig flicka som närmar sig författaren med en bisarr historia. Hon hävdar att hon bevittnat ett mord som barn – men hon var för ung för att förstå vad det var hon såg. Det är först på senare tid hon har börjat inse vad det var hon sett, men när ingen tror henne lämnar hon festen i raseri. Men bara timmar senare hittas flickan död.Oliver tar kontakt med den världsberömda detektiven Hercule Poirot för att lösa mysteriet. Detta blir upptakten på en kuslig och ruskigt intelligent gåta, som bara Poirot kan lösa.”Mord i Venedig” (tidigare utgiven som ”Mord på Allhelgonadagen”) är en klassisk pusseldeckare från Agatha Christie med hennes oefterhärmliga känsla för blodiga intriger i överklassen.Nu som storfilm med Kenneth Branagh som Hercule Poirot!Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.

Det har gått nästan ett helt liv sedan Hercule Poirot besökte den lilla staden sist. St. Mary var den plats som Poirot kom skadad till efter att han hade lämnat militären 1916, efter att ha tjänstgjort i första världskriget. Nu, flera decennier senare, när han återvänder till staden är det dels för att sätta punkt för ett långt liv av mordgåtor. Men det är också för att lösa en av de gåtor som kan vara hans mest svårlösta hittills: fem mord som inte har något officiellt samband men som han vet, eller snarare känner på sig, är tätt länkade till varandra. Men hur? Detta blir en av Poirots tuffaste nötter att knäcka ...Agatha Christie (1890-1976) var en brittisk deckarförfattare och en av världens bäst säljande författare med över 4 miljarder sålda böcker. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arthur Conan Doyle är hon den som har format deckargenren mest genom tiderna.t