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Enjoy Agatha Christie's beloved classic, Hallowe'en Party?the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, coming September 2023, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh?with a new introduction by Michael Green, screenwriter of the film. When a Hallowe'en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer.At a Halloween party, Joyce?a surly thirteen-year-old?boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no o...

Enjoy Agatha Christie's beloved classic, Hallowe'en Party?the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, coming September 2023, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh?with a new introduction by Michael Green, screenwriter of the film. When a Hallowe'en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer.At a Halloween party, Joyce?a surly thirteen-year-old?boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no o...

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The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories, the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppen...

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Agatha Christie's detective novel The Murder on the Links was first released in 1923, in March in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co. and in May in the UK by The Bodley Head. It is the second book involving Arthur Hastings and Hercule Poirot. Retail price for the UK edition was seven shillings. Because the action is set in northern France, Poirot has a hostile rival from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's extensive recall of prior or comparable crimes helps in...

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An unexpected visitor comes into Hercule Poirot's bedroom and collapses on the floor. The only clue as to what he wants is his repeating Poirot's name and address and writing the number 4, many times. When Poirot's friend Hastings jokingly calls it "The Mystery of the Big Four, " The visitor begins speaking about an international crime cartel of that name. He describes the four leaders: Number 1 is a Chinese political mastermind named Li Chang...

First published in 1927, "The Big Four" is the fifth mystery by Agatha Christie to feature her most famous character, the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. Widely regarded as one of Christie's most ambitious and complicated mysteries, the story takes place over a year as Poirot is determined to find out who is responsible for the death of a secretive and sickly man who mysteriously appears in the detective's apartment one evening. Based upon...

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The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. Anne Beddingfeld is on her own and ready for adventures when one comes her way. She sees a man die in a tube station and picks up a piece of paper dropped nearby. The message on the paper leads her to South Africa as she fits more pieces of the puzzle together about the death she witnessed. There is a murder in England the next day, and the murderer attempts to kill h...

Agatha Christie's debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916. Styles was Christie's first published novel & introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in En...

Agatha Christie published a collection of short stories titled Poirot Investigates. Hercule Poirot investigates a range of mysteries including greed, envy, and revenge in the 11 tales.The 11 stories include:The Adventure of the Western StarThe residence of Lord and Lady Yardly had its jewels stolen. Poirot conducts his investigations and gives the Yardlys their jewel back.The Tragedy at Marsdon ManorAn internal haemorrhage caused the death of ...

British author Agatha Christie wrote a detective book titled The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1916, in the middle of the First World War. It introduced Arthur Hastings, Inspector (later Chief Inspector) Japp, and Hercule Poirot. The elderly owner of Styles Court, Emily Inglethorp, is found dead on July 18, 1918. Strychnine had been used to poison her. On his sick leave, Arthur Hastings, a Western Front soldier who is a guest at this country ...

An Agatha Christie Collection: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Secret Adversary & The Man in the Brown Suit FIVE BOOKS IN ONE! In one volume, Five of Agatha Christie's early Hercule Poirot books. Included in this volume: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links Poirot Investigates The Secret Adversary & The Man In The Brown Suit