Books by Agatha Christie

"- Sophia, vil du gifte dig med mig? spurgte Charles.- Jeg kan ikke, sagde hun stille.- Hvorfor dog ikke?- På grund af min bedstefars død... svarede hun.- Jamen, Sophia, selv om det er trist, et der vel ikke noget mærkeligt ved, at en gammel mand på over firs år dør?- Jo, hviskede hun. - Han blev formodentlig myrdet."Familien Leonides var engang en stor, lykkelig familie, som boede komfortabelt i et smukt hus i en af Londons fashionable forstæder. Men da Aristide Leonides døde, stod det klart, at et af familiemedlemmerne var morderen…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.

I Agatha Christies spionthriller "De kom til Bagdad" mødes repræsentanter fra supermagterne i Bagdad, men det lykkes ikke at holde mødet hemmeligt. Den unge eventyrerske Victoria Jones finder en døende mand på sit hotelværelse, hvis sidste ord er "Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge". Victorias nysgerrighed er vakt, og inden længe er hun på sporet af en terrorgruppe, der planlægger at sabotere konferencen, og ikke mindst opdager hun, at hendes elsker ikke er den, han siger.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.

A small cast, short version of an intimate psychological thriller taken from Philomel Cottage. Enid rejects her fiancé for newcomer Gerald and moves to a remote country cottage with him – where a dark and terrible climax takes place.

The love between a mother and daughter turns to jealousy and bitterness in this intense and personal drama. Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Caulfield and hopes for a new life and happiness. Only her daughter, Sarah, takes an instant, jealous dislike to him. Resentment slowly corrodes their relationship as each seeks comfort in the formidable and knowing Dame Laura Whitstable who remarks, “The trouble with sacrifice is that once it’s made it’s not over and done with.”“Christie is beady-eyed and brutally honest on the psychology of the motherdaughter relationship.”THE GUARDIAN“The play is a revelation and its emotional intensity is at variance with most of her crime plays. This is Christie writing with her heart rather than her head. She is not concerned with clues and suspects and alibis but with human dilemmas and life choices.”THE GUARDIAN

In The Wasp’s Nest, Hercule Poirot’s come between a bitter triangle of lovers to prevent a sinister murder before it takes place. In Yellow Iris, a distressed phone call from a mystery woman brings Hercule Poirot to the hotel Jardin des Cygnes, where a man commemorates the four-year anniversary of his wife’s sudden death – a death under very suspicious circumstances that Poirot himself witnessed. Gathered is everyone present on that fateful night and now Poirot must and a killer in the midst, before they strike again.

This classic Christie short story sees Hercule Poirot come between a bitter triangle of lovers to prevent a sinister murder before it takes place. This is part of the triple one act murder mysteries The Rule of Thumb.   

The council chambers at Chimneys, the Brent family estate, holds a dark and intriguing secret and someone will stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country estate. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. A sinister plot rife with diamonds, oil concessions, exiled royalty, an elusive master criminal and the combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Sûreté.“There is more than murder in this story; there is a treasure hunt in it, not for gold but a diamond, and the story is suitably staged for the main part at Chimneys, that historic mansion whose secret will be found.” TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 

Gerry Wade är alltid sen till frukosten och tycks kunna sova igenom precis vad som helst. Hans vänner bestämmer sig därför för att skämta med honom och köper hela åtta stycken väckarklockor som ställs in att ringa i en lång rad efter varandra. Men när morgonen för det stora upptåget kommer så väntar vännerna förgäves. Har inte ett endaste alarm ringt? Det visar sig att Gerry Wade under natten har mördats - dessutom saknas en av klockorna. Någon har smugit sig in och gjort honom illa, men vem? Och varför saknas en klocka? 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.rnrn--- rnrn"De sju urens mysterium" © 2007 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrn"The Seven Dials Mystery" © 1929 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrnAGATHA CHRISTIE © is a registered trademark of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

Den lilla byn King's Abbot skakas om ordentligt när Roger Ackroyd hittas mördad. I hans rygg sitter en mycket sällsynt dolk. Det blir byns nyaste invånare, Monsieur Hercule Poirot, som tar sig an det mystiska fallet. Kan mordet ha något att göra med kvinnan Roger älskade? Hon som förgiftade sin förste make och som nyligen dött i en påstådd överdos? Länge verkar fallet omöjligt att lösa, men så får Poirot hjälp av byns doktor som sitter på en viktig ledtråd... "Dolken från Tunis" har tidigare blivit utnämnd till världens bästa kriminalroman och är ett klassiskt mordmysterium signerat Agatha Christie. 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. rnrn--- rnrn"Dolken från Tunis" © 1964 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrn"The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd" © 1926 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrnAGATHA CHRISTIE © is a registered trademark of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

När en okänd man dyker upp i Hercule Poirots sovrum, och sedan faller ihop, så blir det startskottet på ett av hans största fall någonsin. Vem är mannen och vad har hänt honom? Snart dras privatdetektiven in i en internationell intrig, där en grupp om fyra gör allt för att ta kontroll över världen; den kinesiske brottslingen, mångmiljonären, den vackra fransyskan och den förklädde lönnmördaren. Med hjälp av sin gode vän Hastings tar sig Poirot an utmaningen att stoppa dem, och riskerar sitt eget liv på kuppen... 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. rnrn--- rnrn"De fyra stora" © 1969 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrn"The Big Four" © 1927 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. rnrnAGATHA CHRISTIE © is a registered trademark of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

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Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings travel to Merlinville-sur-Mer, France, to meet Paul Renauld, who has requested their help. Upon arriving at his home, the Villa Genevieve, local police greet them with news that he has been found dead that morning. Renauld had been stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. His wife, Eloise Renauld, claims masked men broke into the villa at 2 am, tied her up, and took her husband away with them. Upon inspecting his body, Eloise collapses with grief at seeing her dead husband. Monsieur Giraud of the Sûreté leads the police investigation, and resents Poirot's involvement; Monsieur Hautet, the Examining Magistrate, is more open to sharing key information with him.Poirot notes four key facts about the case: a piece of lead piping is found near the body; only three female servants were in the villa as both Renauld's son Jack and his chauffeur had been sent away; an unknown person visited the day before, whom Renauld urged to leave immediately; Renauld's immediate neighbour, Madame Daubreuil, had placed 200,000 francs into her bank account over recent weeks. When Renauld's secretary, Gabriel Stonor, returns from England, he suggests blackmail, as his employer's past is a complete mystery prior to his career in South America. Meanwhile, Hastings unexpectedly encounters a young woman he met before, known to him as "Cinderella", who asks to see the crime scene, and then mysteriously disappears with the murder weapon. Poirot later travels to Paris to research the case's similarities to that of a murder case from 22 years ago, which has only one difference - the killer, Georges Conneau, later confessed to the crime, in which he and his lover, Madame Beroldy, had plotted to kill her husband and claim that the murder was carried out by masked intruders; both disappeared soon afterwards.

THE MILLION DOLLAR BOND ROBBERYThe fiancée of Philip Ridgeway asks Poirot to prove his innocence. Ridgeway is the nephew of Mr Vavasour, the joint general manager of the London and Scottish Bank and a million dollars of bonds have gone missing whilst in his care. Poirot meets Ridgeway at the Cheshire Cheese to hear the facts of the case: Ridgeway was entrusted by his uncle and the other general manager, Mr Shaw, with taking a million dollars of Liberty bonds to New York to extend the bank's credit line there. The Kidnapped Prime MinisterTowards the end of the First World War, Hastings calls on Poirot in his rooms to discuss the sensational news of the day - the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister, David MacAdam. They are interrupted by two visitors: Lord Estair, Leader of the House of Commons and Bernard Dodge, a member of the War Cabinet. The Adventure of the "Western Star"Poirot receives a visit from Miss Mary Marvell, the famous American film star on her visit to London. She has received three letters, handed to her by a Chinese man, which warn her to return her fabulous diamond jewel, the "Western Star", to where it came from - the left eye of an idol - before the next full moon. Her husband, Gregory Rolf, who bought it from a Chinese man in San Francisco, gave Mary the jewel three years ago.

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Den rike stålinvesteraren Ebenezer Halliday har förlorat sin enda dotter i ett brutalt mord på Plymouth-expressen. Juveler för över hundratusentals dollar har också blivit stulna. De enda som kanske kan lösa fallet är Hercule Poirot, Kapten Hastings och Kommissarie Japp. Var det offrets man som hoppades på ett saftigt arv? Eller en avundsjuk före detta älskare? Följ med på ännu en imponerande gåta fylld av invecklade intriger och spänning.Denna novell ingår i samlingen "Poirots problem" .Agatha Christie föddes 1890 och dog 1976. Hon var en brittisk deckarförfattare och också världens bästsäljande författare efter Shakespeare med över 4 miljarder böcker sålda på engelska och andra språk. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arther Conan Doyle har hon format deckargenren mest.nnn--- nn"Mysteriet på Plymuthexpressen", ur novellsamlingen "Poirots problem" © 1990 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. nn"The Mystery at Plymouth Express", from the collection of short stories entitled "Poirot’s Early Cases" © 1974 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. nnAGATHA CHRISTIE © POIROT © are registered trademarks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

En dag frågar Hastings sin vän Hercule Poirot om han någonsin misslyckats med ett fall. Poirot berättar då om mordet på en kontroversiell fransk politiker där den enda ledtråden var en chokladask. Den mördades förtvivlade älskarinna bönar och ber honom att lösa mysteriet. Men frågan är om han lyckas eller inte, speciellt när offrets mamma lägger sig i gåtan...Denna novell ingår i samlingen "Poirots problem".Agatha Christie föddes 1890 och dog 1976. Hon var en brittisk deckarförfattare och också världens bästsäljande författare efter Shakespeare med över 4 miljarder böcker sålda på engelska och andra språk. Mest känd är hon för detektiven Hercule Poirot. Tillsammans med Arther Conan Doyle har hon format deckargenren mest.nnn--- nn"Chokladasken", ur novellsamlingen "Åklagarens vittne" © 1990 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. nn"The Chocolate Box", from the collection of short stories entitled "Poirot’s Early Cases" © 1974 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved. nnAGATHA CHRISTIE © POIROT © are registered trademarks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved.

Karl Hendryk, a brilliant professor, attends to his wife Anya, an invalid suffering from a progressive disease. When Karl's cousin Lisa moves in to assist in caring for Anya, tensions rise and feelings are quick to develop...

The first Hercule Poirot novel!When newly married Emily Inglethorpe is found poisoned, it appears everyone is under suspicion and has a motive, including her new husband, Alfred. When retired Belgian detective Hercule Poirot arrives to investigate, it's up to him to solve the mystery, and keep the suspect from getting away with murder.This edition contains a special introduction and an all-new Hercule Poirot story, "The Case of the Missing Silk Evening Gown," written by Ilil Arbel, author of the Madame Koska mysteries.