Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus, bringing together all four stand-alone novels she wrote in the 1930s — The Sittaford Mystery, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Murder is Easy and her acknowledged masterpiece And Then There Were None. Agatha Christie's imaginative crime novels and thrillers made her a household name from the 1920s right through to her final books in the early 1970s. Best known as…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus, bringing together all four stand-alone novels she wrote in the 1960s and early 70s — Endless Night, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Passenger to Frankfurt and her last book Postern of Fate. Agatha Christie's imaginative crime novels and thrillers made her a household name from the 1920s right through to her final books in the early 1970s. Best known as the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. A widow's suicide has stirred rumors of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was found stabbed to death in his study. The case is so unconventional that not even crack detective Hercule Poirot has a clue as to how to solve it.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Welcome to Meadowbank, an exclusive school for privileged young ladies. A fine lot. A dangerous one, too. Two teachers have already bitten the dust. It's obvious to Hercule Poirot that someone is out to scratch Meadowbank's respectable veneer.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «Manche Mörder sind durchaus nette Menschen». Diese Lektion muss Charles Hayward erst mühsam lernen. Aber einer der netten Menschen aus der Familie, in die er gerne einheiraten möchte, muss den Patriarchen und Großvater seiner Braut umgebracht haben. Die Frage ist nur: Wer?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story Witness for the Prosecution… Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation… A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ‘the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen… Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her. Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person. Equally at home in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In a sprawling mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonide lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. His cunning widow, 50 years his junior, is set to inherit a sizable fortune, and is rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor living on the estate. But criminologist Charles Hayward casts his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. He knows them…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it a light trick that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invited him to a New Year's Eve murder? And what forces are at work when his car breaks down outside Royston Hall, an isolated estate with a deadly history?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Two of Agatha Christie's most enduring — and endearing — sleuths star in this collection of mystery treats. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple investigate cases of a country gentleman who is questioned about a murder not yet committed, a medium who is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined, and a decorative doll in a London shop that adopts some rather human, and sinister,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Strapped by a chauffeur's wages, Michael Rogers' want of a better life seems out of reach. Especially elusive is a magnificent piece of property in Kingston Bishop — unil a chance meeting with a beautiful heiress makes his dreams possible. Marrying her is the first step. Building the perfect home is the next. Unfortunately, Michael ignored the local warnings about the deadly curse buried in the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Is it a gesture of good will or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, and unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Was it really the Thomasina Tuckerton — dropout heiress turned bohemian beat girl — seen in a cafe brawl with another woman? Her obituary confirms it. Thomasina's unfortunate demise would have passed unnoticed if it hadn't been for the priest who suffered a fatal blow at the hand of a stranger only days later. What's the connection? A list of names hidden in father Gorman's shoes — among them,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The personal ad posed a simple question: Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne. The answer is a resounding no for a jealous wife who suspects her husband of infidelity...for a lonely widow driven to assume a new identity...for a distraught mother whose son has been kidnapped...and for the finance of a strangely reclusive bride-to-be. But what sort of detective would solicit in the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman’s throat. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A typist uncovers a man’s body from behind the sofa… As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A perplexed girl thinks she might have killed someone… Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help, disappeared convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot’s tenacity to establish whether the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house… What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It’s all part…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: While serving a sentence for killing his mother, Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, a stranger shatters the peace of the Argyle household. Was Jacko convicted of a murder he didn't commit?