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Some are born to sweet delight/Some are born to endless night' - William Blake. Agatha Christie wrote Endless Night in 1967, and it is one of her greatest - and most unusual - novels.

Set in 1919, young couple Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley form a partnership, hiring themselves out as "young adventurers." Their first case, however, is more of an adventure than they expect--working to find documents that, if they were known to the general public, would fuel a communist revolution in Britain. Newly designed and typeset for easy reading by Boomer Books.

The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty of people who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold-digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law. Monsieur Poirot comes out of retirement to figure out who would have the impudence--and the motive--to commit the crime. In this book Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular dete...

Set in 1919, young couple Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley form a partnership, hiring themselves out as "young adventurers." Their first case, however, is more of an adventure than they expect--working to find documents that, if they were known to the general public, would fuel a communist revolution in Britain. Newly designed and typeset by Waking Lion Press.

The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty of people who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold-digging younger husband, and an embittered daughter-in-law. Monsieur Poirot comes out of retirement to figure out who would have the impudence--and the motive--to commit the crime. In this book Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular dete...

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Christie's classic stand alone murder mystery. Agatha Christie is one of BBC Audiobooks' most successful crime and mystery brands, worth $188, 000 annually. 2 CDs. Running time: 2hrs. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*

A healthy young man dies in his sleep despite the ringing of eight alarm clocks...

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story. This, we trust, will effectually silence the sensational rumours which still persist. I will therefore briefly set down the circumstances which le...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible speed. The women and children were being lined up awaiting their turn. Some still clung desperat...

Early one morning the Bantrys wake to find the dead body of a young woman in their library. Who is she? How did she get there? The police are called, of course, but Dolly Bantry quickly invites her friend Jane Marple to solve the mystery.

Contains "The Body In The Library, The Moving Finger, A Murder Is Announced" and "The 4.50 From Paddington".

2 CDs of a full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the Poirot mystery. Running time: 1hr 25mins.

2 CDs of this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple. Running time: 2hrs 30mins.

Double-cassette pack. Running time: 2 hrs, 30 mins.

Two CDs.

The grand dame of the cozy English murder mystery, Agatha Christie introduced Tommy and Tuppence, her duo of likeable upper-class detectives, in this 1922 novel, her second book. International intrigue, secret treaties, disguises, and blackmail follow this roguishly charming 1920s couple in their globetrotting quest to unravel the riddle of their disappearing client, disappearing diplomatic papers, and a devious plot that goes back to the sink...

The girl in the photograph has been missing for five years. Neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now, post-war Englands economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back.

St Mary Mead, una mattina come tante. Almeno fino a quando il colonnello Bantry e sua moglie Dolly vengono bruscamente svegliati da una cameriera terrorizzata, venuta ad annunciare che, nella biblioteca della villa, è stato trovato il cadavere di una sconosciuta in abito da sera, apparentemente assassinata. Nessuno degli abitanti della casa ha mai conosciuto la vittima, ma allora come spiegare il bizzarro ritrovamento? La polizia, subito inter...

Accusata di furto dalle sue padrone, le sorelle Emily e Lavinia Skinner, la domestica Gladvs è licenziata. Ma quando viene a sapere che anche la nuova cameriera è sospettata di avere rubato gioielli, Miss Marple capisce che forse le cose non sono esattamente come sembrano... Un vecchio amico, avvocato di successo, chiede l'aiuto di Miss Marple: la moglie di un suo cliente è stata trovata pugnalata in una stanza d'albergo. E il principale sospe...

L'amore per l'avventura e per il mistero è una di quelle passioni che non si affievoliscono con l'età. Ne sono una dimostrazione evidente gli ormai maturi coniugi Tommy e Tuppence Beresford, i due simpatici investigatori un tempo noti come "giovani avventurieri". Infatti ecco che la visita di cortesia all'anziana e petulante zia Ada, ospite di una casa di riposo, e il curioso incontro con la signora Lancaster, una premurosa e svampita vecchiet...