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Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 10
Language
English
Description
The Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and falls over dead. Since there is no trace of poison or foul play, the case is closed . . . until an identical death at a London party arouses the suspicions of Hercule Poirot.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
While vactioning in Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of another member of the tour group. Many people had a motive for killing Mrs. Boynton, and it is up to Poirot to find the killer.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 23
Language
English
Description
An exclusive hotel on a tiny, picturesque island seems to be the ideal retreat for the stresses of criminal detection for Hercule Poirot. But with the appearance of the beautiful Arlena Stuart, the quiet and peaceful atmosphere becomes charged with an indefinable erotic tension. And when she is found viciously strangled in a secluded cove, there are few, especially among the women, who seem to feel either surprise or regret.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 27
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot investigates the possible connections between a woman widowed only two weeks after her wedding, a sizable inheritance, suspicions of bigamy, and the murder of a stranger.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Elspeth McGillicuddy is not given to hallucinations. Until she witnesses a murder at Paddington Station. But did she? No victim, no suspect, no other witnesses. In fact no one believes it really happened at all. Except her friend Miss Jane Marple, and she's returning to the scene of the crime to discover just exactly what Mrs. McGillicuddy saw.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 29
Language
English
Description
When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it....But he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume s. 2, 7, 12 & 33
Publisher
Mystery Guild
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
696 p. : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The A.B.C. murders: Alice Ascher from Andover is the first victim. Next to her corpse is a spellbinding clue. It seems that a killer is knocking off his victims one-by-one, A through Z. Alphabetically speaking, Hercule Poirot fears that it's a matter of one down, twenty-five to go.
The murder on the links: A millionaire's been found stabbed in the back on his private golf course. Hercule Poirot finds no shortage of suspects in the victim's family...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[1970]
Physical Desc
505 p. : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pocket full of rye: Miss Jane Marple must uncover the link between three murders found in a piece of verse that's deadlier than any nursery rhyme.
Hickory dickory death: Poirot investigates a culprit who has curiously swiped a stethoscope, a tube of lipstick, and a cookbook.
The crooked house: In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not...
Author
Series
Supertendent Battle volume 2
Publisher
Mystery Guild
Pub. Date
[19--?]
Physical Desc
xii, 513 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The seven dials mystery: Reclusive tycoon, Sir Oswald Coote, and his melancholy wife, Lady Maria, have come upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys, their isolated estate, and invite only "bright young things". But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death-and cause for alarm. For the guests may not be all...
Author
Series
Supertendent Battle volume 3
Miss Marple volume 1
Tommy and Tuppence volume 3
Hercule Poirot volume s. 20 & 32
Miss Marple volume 1
Tommy and Tuppence volume 3
Hercule Poirot volume s. 20 & 32
Publisher
Avenel Books
Pub. Date
1982
Physical Desc
698 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The murder at the vicarage: Miss Marple investigates the murder of a magistrate at St. Mary Mead's vicarage-uncovering secrets and scandals along the way in the story that started it all.
Dead man's folly: It's a weekend party game of mock murder, but the fun stops when someone takes the game a little too seriously. With one dead player, Hercule Poirot and hostess Ariadne Oliver are playing detective to the end.
Sad cypress: As a condemned murderess...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume s. 8, 9, 12, 13, 15
Publisher
Wings Books
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
663 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen at dinner: Lady Edgware wants to marry a duke, but Lord Edgware won't divorce her. She jokingly tells Poirot that if he won't kill Lord Edgware, she may have to. When the lord turns up dead, Lady Jane is suspected. Will her alibi hold up?
Murder on the Orient express: Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks in the middle of Yugoslavia. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for this time of year. But...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume s. 9, 20, 24, 25
Publisher
Mystery Guild
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
713 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Murder for Christmas: Simeon Lee has concocted a sadistic game to play on his family. The game begins when he allows his family to hear him give instructions to his lawyer to change his will. The game continues when he gives each of them a thorough dressing down for their weaknesses, stupidity, and greed. The game reaches a climax in Simeon's study where one person is found with a slashed throat. Unfortunately for the clever murderer, Hercule Poirot...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume s. 1 & 39
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Pub. Date
1975
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Curtain: Poirot returns to the scene of his very first crime to solve a mystery that will be his last
Mysterious affair at styles: Hercule Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a wealthy heiress found murdered behind the locked doors of her boudoir.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1984, c1937
Physical Desc
243 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The letter requesting the renowned detective's services arrived too late--one month after the senders demise. But the client was a client, and Hercule Poirot was determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Why had Emily Arundell believed her life was in danger? And why had the old lady revised her will only days before her death? Poirot faces one of the most unusual challenges of his career as he tries to determine which of the victim's disgruntled...
Author
Series
Miss Marple volume s. 3, 6, 8 & 10
Publisher
International Collectors Library
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
665 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mirror crack'd: Famous film actress Marina Gregg witnesses a murder in her country home, and Miss Marple agrees to investigate.
A pocket full of rye: Miss Jane Marple must uncover the link between three murders found in a piece of verse that's deadlier than any nursery rhyme.
At Bertram's Hotel: Miss Jane Marple is enjoying her stay at London's elegant Bertram's Hotel. But its impeccable, old-world reputation is tarnished by new blood when someone...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume s. 3, 17 & 26
Publisher
International Collectors Library
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
883 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Poirot investigates: A collection of short stories which see Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigating all manner of crimes, such as a suicide (which is in fact murder), a suspicious death in a locked-gun room, a million dollar bond robbery, the curse of a pharaoh's tomb and the abduction of a prime minister.
Dead man's mirror: Four Cases Of Hercule Poirot From an aristocrat's sudden demise and a case of apparent suicide, to the ghostly theft...
Author
Series
Miss Marple volume 5
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple arrives at her friend Carrie's sprawling estate to find that it's been turned into a home for delinquent boys. What's more, Carrie's children have taken residence. Then a brutal murder occurs and Miss Marple finds that where there's smoke, there are mirrors.
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