Böcker av Agatha Christie

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.

In Hercule Poirots Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murderand the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.Christmas Eve, and the Lee familys reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .

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

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including uncollected stories by Ngaio Marsh and John Dickson Carr.

Hercule Poirot hatar att flyga. Han blir alltid åksjuk. Samma sak gäller när han ska flyga mellan Paris och London. Det är ett litet passagerarplan i lyxklassen som har rum för tio resenärer. Men Poirot har inte möjlighet att njuta av den lyxiga färden. Han sover genom hela resan. På flygplatsen i London inträffar emellertid något oväntat: en kvinna hittas död på planet, bragd om livet med hjälp av ett ovanligt potent gift. Detta ger genast den åksjuke Poirot lite färg på kinderna. Detta blir också början på ett djupt krångligt mysterium som kommer att kräva Poirots fulla uppmärksamhet ...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 inget vidare att gå till tandläkaren, men när Hercule Poirot en fin dag kliver ut från tandläkarmottagningen känner han hur lättnaden spirar genom honom på ett trevligt sätt. Det här kan han bli van vid, inte minst med tanke på att en mycket smäcker kvinna kliver ut på trottoaren precis framför honom. Hon tappar ett spänne från ett komplicerat plagg längs benen, som Poirot snabbt plockar upp åt henne. Samma dag, någon timma senare, får Poirot reda på att hans tandläkare har hittats död. Även en annan bekant till Poirot mördas kort därefter. Varför dör folk i detektivens närhet? Och varför ville någon skjuta hans tandläkare? Detta blir upptakten till en utredning där mönster snart avslöjas som överskrider all fattningsförmåga. Men Poirot har aldrig tackat nej till en utmaning ...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

I hjärtat av London finns ett av stadens mysigaste och mest genuina hotell: Bertrams hotel. Där sitter Miss Marple framför en sprakande kolbrasa och knaprar på en smörstekt snitt, samtidigt som societetens högdjur rör sig i cirklar kring henne. Alla vet vem den lilla fågellika damen är, men knappt någon vågar yttra sig. Det är här hon trivs: mitt bland rovdjuren. Fast det är ovanligt tyst och mysigt här, tycker hon. Fram tills det ögonblick då en av tidens mest skandalomsusade kvinnor checkar in. Med sig har hon en polsk racerförare i svart skinnjacka. Kanske blir det även denna gång något mysterium att lösa? Mycket snart står det klart att det inte bara finns ett mysterium, utan en hel uppsjö, för Miss Marple att knapra i sig ...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

Mitt under en cocktailbjudning på skådespelaren Sir Charles Cartwrights stora gods faller en älskad kyrkoherde omkull. Det står snabbt klart att han är död, men orsaken framstår som dunkel. När det kommer fram att han har blivit förgiftad blir alla gäster skräckslagna, men det finns inga som helst bevis som kan peka på vem som som skulle vilja förgifta den omtyckta mannen. Men mästerdetektiven Hercule Poirot känner sig snart säker på att han har genomskådat brottslingen. Frågan är bara hur han ska bevisa den skyldiges skuld ...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

The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie in 1922. Tommy and Tuppence, a bantering pair of 1920s bright young things who solve a mystery together. Short on money, opportunities and adventure; both embark on a daring get quick rich scheme. They advertised boldly proclaims that they are ';willing to do anything, go anywhere'. By the time the dust settles, all the puzzle pieces have been fitted together and the young couple have realized their feelings for each other and have become engaged. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Hercule Poirot rushes to France in response to an urgent and cryptic plea from a client, but the Belgian detective arrives just too late. He had been stabbed multiple times with a letter opener and left in a freshly dug grave. The victim lay face down in a grave located within a golf course. He was wearing his son's overcoat and a love letter within. His wife had reported that masked men had abducted him from their home in the dead of the night. The mystery thickens when another corpse is found, stabbed with the same weapon, in the same way. While the local authorities pursue the false leads suggested by the evidence, Poirot fights to unravel the mystery behind ';The Murder on the Links'. He relies instead upon his famous little grey cells to cut through the confusion and untangle a story of blackmail, forbidden love and a long-buried secret.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

The famous English writer Agatha Christie introduces the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to the reader in The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920. The mystery begins with the death of Emily Inglethorp at Styles. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home when the woman is killed. Suspects are plentiful, including the victim's husband, her stepsons, her companion, a nurse and a specialist on poisons. All of them have secrets they are desperate to keep, but none can outwit Poirot as he navigates the ingenious red herrings and plot twists that earned Agatha Christie her well-deserved reputation as the queen of mystery.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, a young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station, and finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa. Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when she witnesses a man die at a tube station, she searches for clues and finds a mysterious piece of paper nearby. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But she is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: 17-122 Kilmorden Castle?About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Poirot Investigates is a collection of eleven short stories involving the famed eccentric detective; first there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the ';suicide' that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoah's tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and finally, the mystery of the missing will.Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-running characters. Relying on his little grey cells to solve crimes, he is notably meticulous in his personal habits and his professional methodology. He appears in Christies first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and in dozens of subsequent books, including some of Christies best-loved works, such as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. Poirot is most things that the conventional sleuth is not. He is witty, gallant, transparently vain, and the adroitness with which he solves a mystery has more of the manner of the prestidigitator than of the cold-blooded, relentless tracker-down of crime of most detective stories.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Jerry Burton återvänder från det stora kriget med lindriga skador, men hans psykiska hälsa är det sämre med. Han och hans syster Joanna bestämmer sig för att åka till en liten by på den engelska kusten för att Jerry ska kunna få vara i lugn och ro vila upp sig. Det är också en mycket avskild plats, och så liten att den knappt ens skulle kunna räknas som en by. Men när en jättelik härva med anonyma brev skickas ut, och det i samband med att en kvinna dör under mystiska omständigheter, visar det sig att syskonen kanske inte kommer få så lugnt som de hade hoppats. Det är då tur att Miss Marple, en av världens mest kluriga detektiver, är på besök hos en gammal väninna i staden ...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