Books by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot tilkaldes af den kendte kriminalforfatterinde Ariadne Oliver, som er bange for, at en selskabsleg, hvori hun har arrangeret en morderjagt, kan udvikle sig til et ægte mord. Det viser sig desværre, at hun får ret …

Cirklen er sluttet – Poirot er tilbage i det hus, hvor han løste sin allerførste mordgåde. Sammen med ham er hans gamle ven Hastings. Tilsyneladende bliver de to herrer stillet over for flere mordmysterier, som ved første øjekast er uløselige, og Poirots blændende hjerne arbejder på højtryk. Men så indtræffer tragedien …

Kaptajn Hasting og Poirot sidder ved morgenmaden i den lejlighed de deler i London, da Poirot modtager et opsigtsvækkende brev: "For Guds skyld, kom." skriver Monsieur Paul Renauld fra Frankrig. Han er overbevist om, at han er i livsfare. Poirot og Hastings tøver ikke. De haster med det samme til Renaulds hjem, Villa Genevieve i Merlinville-sur-Mer på Frankrigs nordkyst. Men da de ankommer til villaens port, fortæller politiet dem, at Renauld er blevet myrdet: Madame Renauld og hendes mand er blevet overfaldet midt om natten, madame Renauld er blevet bundet og hendes mand bortført. Renaulds lig er blevet fundet: dolket i ryggen, på en nyligt anlagt golfbane…

Den lille, belgiske gentleman-detektiv Hercule Poirot er på jagt efter et vaskeægte verdensomspændende forbrydersyndikat. Hans efterforskning fører ham til flere kontinenter og tager næsten et år. Historien fortælles af hans gamle ven, Hastings, som egentlig skulle tilbage til England i forretningsanliggender, men vælger at følge med Poirot. – Hercule Poirot er jo, som han siger, ikke interesseret i "berømmelse og komplimenter", men udfordringer … og det får han til fulde her.

Rosenkilde & Bahnhof udgiver Agathe Christies romaner. Bøgerne er sprogligt reviderede. I den lokale avis i landsbyen Chipping Cleghorn bliver der indrykket en annonce, hvori tid og sted for et mord bebudes. Mon det er en del af en spændende selskabsleg? Gætterierne blandt indbyggerne er mange – men stor er forbløffelsen, da det virkelig sker! Den lille by bliver grebet af panik, men den altid rolige og kloge miss Marple bevarer fatningen. Med sin omfattende viden om menneskelig ondskab og begærlighed og med sit skarpe blik for små detaljer viser hun sig at være en farlig og dygtig modstander for morderen. Hun må arrangere et lille skuespil for at hjælpe politiet på vej – og alle implicerede parter bliver tildelt hver deres rolle.Agatha Christie (Lady Mallowan, født Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller) (1890-1976), britisk kriminalforfatter. En af de til alle tider mest elskede forfattere inden for denne klassiske genre. Hun skrev omkring 80 kriminalromaner og er – især med disse værker – oversat til alverdens sprog. Hendes figurer Hercule Poirot og Miss Marple står helt centralt i den britiske kriminaltradition. Derudover skrev Agatha Christie både noveller og skuespil samt – hvad der måske vil være en overraskelse for flere – seks kærlighedsromaner under pseudonymet Mary Westmacott. Hendes kriminallystspil The Mousetrap er det længst løbende teaterstykke i historien.

Rosenkilde & Bahnhof nyudgiver Agatha Christies romaner. Bøgerne er sprogligt reviderede. Poirot kommer på sporet af en seriemorder, der benytter bogstaverne i alfabetet som pejlemærker til sine mord. Han modtager et brev med angivelsen af, hvornår "A" vil blive myrdet. Det går i opfyldelse, da mrs. Asher i Andover bliver fundet død. Det samme sker med "B" og "C" ... også her bliver to dødsofre fundet. Samtidig efterlader morderen en ABC-køreplan på gerningsstederne. Hvad skal dét betyde? Politiets mistanke peger snart i én retning, men Poirot og hans ven kaptajn Hastings følger andre spor. Agatha Christie (Lady Mallowan, født Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller) (1890-1976), britisk kriminalforfatter. En af de til alle tider mest elskede forfattere inden for denne klassiske genre. Hun skrev omkring 80 kriminalromaner og er – især med disse værker – oversat til alverdens sprog. Hendes figurer Hercule Poirot og Miss Marple står helt centralt i den britiske kriminaltradition. Derudover skrev Agatha Christie både noveller og skuespil samt – hvad der måske vil være en overraskelse for flere – seks kærlighedsromaner under pseudonymet Mary Westmacott. Hendes kriminallystspil The Mousetrap er det længst løbende teaterstykke i historien.Indlæst af Gerda Gilboe i 1979Spilletid 06 timer og 48 minutter: 360+48=408Agatha Christie (1890-1976) er Englands ukronede krimidronning og skaberen af kendte og elskede figurer som mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot og den lettere påtrængende, men ikke desto mindre geniale Miss Marple. Agatha Christie er den bedst sælgende krimiforfatter i verden, og hendes bøger er oversat til flere sprog end William Shakespeares. Mange af romanerne er tilmed blevet lavet til både film, TV og sat op på hæderkronede teatre.

Det var et hårdt slag for Jacqueline, da hendes veninde Linnet erobredeSimon Doyle fra hende og giftede sig med ham. Rivende jaloux følger hun dem overalt – helt til Ægypten, hvor Hercule Poirot oplever det endelige opgør mellem dem på en udflugtstur ned ad Nilen og samtidig ikke mindre end tre mord.Den kendte, excentriske detektiv Hercule Poirot træder atter til ved gådens løsning. Med sit blændende intellekt ser han ind bag de mystiske hændelser og aflæser de gådefulde skjulte spor, som de andre tilstedeværende ikke lige har øje for.

An all-new collection of summer-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the holiday season.Summertime - as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From Cornwall to the French Riviera, whether against a background of Delphic temples or English country houses, Agatha Christie's most famous characters solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the summer sun beats down. Pull up a deckchair and enjoy plot twists and red herrings galore from the bestselling fiction writer of all time.INCLUDES THE STORIES:The Blood-Stained PavementThe Double ClueA Death on the NileHarlequin's LaneThe Adventure of the Italian NoblemanJane in Search of a JobThe Disappearance of Mr DavenheimThe Idol House of AstarteThe Rajah's EmeraldThe Oracle at DelphiThe Adventure of the Sinister StrangerThe Incredible Theft

Det var et hårdt slag for Jacqueline, da hendes veninde Linnet erobredeSimon Doyle fra hende og giftede sig med ham. Rivende jaloux følger hun dem overalt – helt til Ægypten, hvor Hercule Poirot oplever det endelige opgør mellem dem på en udflugtstur ned ad Nilen og samtidig ikke mindre end tre mord.Den kendte, excentriske detektiv Hercule Poirot træder atter til ved gådens løsning. Med sit blændende intellekt ser han ind bag de mystiske hændelser og aflæser de gådefulde skjulte spor, som de andre tilstedeværende ikke lige har øje for.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) er Englands ukronede krimidronning og skaberen af kendte og elskede figurer som mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot og den lettere påtrængende, men ikke desto mindre geniale Miss Marple. Agatha Christie er den bedst sælgende krimiforfatter i verden, og hendes bøger er oversat til flere sprog end William Shakespeares. Mange af romanerne er tilmed blevet lavet til både film, TV og sat op på hæderkronede teatre.

Rosenkilde & Bahnhof nyudgiver Agathe Christies krimier. Bøgerne er sprogligt reviderede. Den kendte detektiv Hercule Poirot får i sidste øjeblik en ledig plads i Istanbul-Calais-vognen på det berømte tog Orientekspressen. Toget sidder fast i en snedrive i Jugoslavien, og en passager bliver myrdet. Hvad er der sket? Gerningsstedet er totalt isoleret fra omverdenen og uden adgang fra de andre vogne i toget, så det må være en af de tolv passagerer, der har begået mordet. Mange af dem har et motiv til at dræbe Ratchett, som viser sig ikke at have rent mel i posen. Poirot burde som "øjenvidne" have et forspring i opklaringen af drabet. Men i passagerernes bagage viser der sig at være mange indicier, der peger i forskellige retninger, ligesom der foregår en hel del mystiske hændelser. Mordet i Orientekspressen er en af Agatha Christies mest kendte kriminalromaner. Agatha Christie (Lady Mallowan, født Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller) (1890-1976), britisk kriminalforfatter. En af de til alle tider mest elskede forfattere inden for denne klassiske genre. Hun skrev omkring 80 kriminalromaner og er – især med disse værker – oversat til alverdens sprog. Hendes figurer Hercule Poirot og Miss Marple står helt centralt i den britiske kriminaltradition. Derudover skrev Agatha Christie både noveller og skuespil samt – hvad der måske vil være en overraskelse for flere – seks kærlighedsromaner under pseudonymet Mary Westmacott. Hendes kriminallystspil The Mousetrap er det længst løbende teaterstykke i historien.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) er Englands ukronede krimidronning og skaberen af kendte og elskede figurer som mesterdetektiven Hercule Poirot og den lettere påtrængende, men ikke desto mindre geniale Miss Marple. Agatha Christie er den bedst sælgende krimiforfatter i verden, og hendes bøger er oversat til flere sprog end William Shakespeares. Mange af romanerne er tilmed blevet lavet til både film, TV og sat op på hæderkronede teatre.

Five early stories unpublished since their first magazine appearances in the '20s and '30s, finally unearthed 21 years after Agatha Christie's death, already showing the deft touch of the Queen of Crime in the making.While the Light LastsThe ActressThe House of DreamsThe EdgeWithin a WallLike many of her contemporaries, Agatha Christie wrote stories for a variety of magazines in the 1920s and '30s, and most of these eventually found their way into her books of short stories. Now, 21 years after her death, detective work worthy of Agatha Christie herself has unearthed 'new' stories, most of which have never been published anywhere in the world since their orginal appearances.In this new collection the author observes the tragic flaws in human nature, providing a glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making. Anyone who has ever read Agatha Christie will enjoy every story for her skill at characterisation and her ability to deliver an unexpected twist in the tail...

A flawless collection of short stories that Christie herself referred to as 'light-hearted thrillers'.Twelve ingenious, witty mysteries showing the author at her best, including: the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale, the strange meeting on a train of a feckless man and a beautiful girl, Philomel Cottage and the extraordinary country house visit of Edward Robinson. Each four-story volume is expertly narrated by Hugh Fraser.

A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative short 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 of 'murder'; a young man's sudden amnesia; a levitation experience; a mysterious SOS.To discover the answers, delve into the supernatural storytelling of Agatha Christie.

Read by Hugh FraserA new Christie mystery combining love, death and melodrama blended together as only Agatha Christie can.Gipsy's Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy.There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after.Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals' warnings: 'There's no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy's Acre.'Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying 'In my end is my beginning...'

Agatha Christie's acclaimed novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in Ancient Egypt, is now available as unabridged audio.It is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest. Young, beautiful and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake.Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.As the wife of an eminent archaeologist, Agatha Christie took part in several expeditions to the Middle East. Drawing upon this experience and exhaustive research, she wrote this serial killer mystery laid in Egypt 4000 years ago.

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra...Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met...

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell.Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'.

A strange death in the desert and Poirot might just be too late... Amy Leatheran had never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist, events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. Her patient's bizarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder. With one spot of blood as his only clue, Hercule Poirot must embark on a journey across the desert to unravel a mystery which taxes even his remarkable powers...

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the 'suicide' that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly cheap 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 willl. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, these brand new dramas are based on three of her best short stories. Tape-Measure Murder: When Mrs Spenlow is murdered in St Mary Mead, the village gossips all agree that her husband must have killed her - until Miss Marple is called as an alibi... The Case of the Perfect Maid: Miss Marple investigates the problem of a lady's maid who has been mysteriously sacked - while also helping her crime writer nephew Raymond West to cure his writer's block. Sanctuary: Miss Marple and her god-daughter Bunch are horrified when they discover a dying man in the local church. Can Miss Marple deduce his identity - and his killer - from his last words? First published in the collection Miss Marple's Final Cases, these three delightfully clever tales will keep you guessing till the end. Starring June Whitfield - reprising her role as Miss Marple for the first time since 2001 - they are dramatised for BBC Radio 4 by Joy Wilkinson. Duration: 1 hr 30 mins approx.

One of Agatha Christie's most loved mysteries, Evil Under the Sun remains one of her best and most delightfully cryptic murder mysteries ever, read by Poirot himself - David Suchet. It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun... she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent 'crime of passion' have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home.It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind...

Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels.

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 Miss Cole, Doctor Franklin and his fragile wife Barbara , Nurse Craven, Colonel Luttrell and his charming wife, Daisy, and the charismatic Boyd-Carrington. So Hastings was shocked to learn from Hercule Poirot's declaration that one of them was a five-times murderer. True, the ageing detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him?...

Twelve classic Christie short stories are given a modern spin in these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. Agatha Christie is the acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', and these twelve short stories showcase her skilful plotting and talent for producing compelling mysteries. First broadcast in the early 2000s, the stories were adapted and brought up-to-date for a contemporary audience. Among the star cast are Tom Hollander, Emilia Fox, Patricia Routledge, Julia McKenzie, Neil Dudgeon, Richard Griffiths, Rebecca Front and Andrew Sachs. Unconventional detective Parker Pyne features in two of the stories, all twelve of which are infused with Agatha Christie's trademark tension and suspense. These tantalising tales of revenge, jealousy, love and death will thrill her many fans. The stories are:Philomel Cottage Swan Song Magnolia Blossom Witness for the Prosecution The Gates of Baghdad The Hound of Death In a Glass Darkly The Dressmaker's Doll The Case of the Perfect Carer The GBP199 Adventure The Gypsy The Last SeanceDuration: approx 5 hours 30 minutes

Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.Roger Ackroyd was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First he lost his fiancee - and then his life.The day after her tragic suicide he retires upstairs to read a mysterious letter, leaving his closest friends and family to eat dinner below.Just a few hours later he is found stabbed to death in a locked room with a weapon from his own collection.Was he killed for money? For love? Or for something altogether more sinister?The truth will out.But you won't see it coming.

When Cora 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.

A triple bill of archive BBC radio dramas, believed lost for over half a century and only recently rediscovered. Butter in a Lordly Dish, written specially for radio in 1948, features Richard Williams as Sir Luke Enderby KC, whose infidelities lead him into trouble when he goes to meet his latest flame. Williams also stars as Hercule Poirot in Murder in the Mews, a 1955 adaptation of a short story. A young woman is found dead in her flat, the day after Guy Fawkes night. Did she die by her own hand, or someone else's? In Personal Call, also written specially for radio by Agatha Christie, a disturbing telephone call from a woman named Fay has consequences for both Richard Brent and his wife Pam. This 1960 production stars Ivan Brandt and Barbara Lott.

Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much...Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress - shot through the heart from point blank range.The school is thrown into chaos when the 'cat' strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim...

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything... until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed...