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Agatha Christie, a British author, wrote a detective novel titled The Man in the Brown Suit. When an experience presents itself, Anne Beddingfeld is prepared to experience adventures that come her way. She picks up a piece of paper that was left nearby after witnessing a guy die in a tube station. Later chapters are set in Bulawayo, a fictitious island in the Zambezi, and Cape Town.At the Hyde Park Corner tube stop, Anne Beddingfeld witnesses ...

The five collected short detective stories introduce the genius of Hercule Poirot. The Hunter's Lodge CaseThe Plymouth Express AffairThe Missing WillThe Submarine PlansThe Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

The Secret Adversary was written by one of the most famous and widely acclaimed mystery book authors in English, Agatha Christie. This novel is about a criminal investigator. It presents the characters of Tommy and Tuppence, who are featured in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories. The five Tommy and Tuppence books range from Agatha Christie's literary career. The Great War is over, and jobs are failing. Tommy Beresfo...

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The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 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 "Tuppence" Cowle...

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? We follow Hercule Poirot as he finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to ...

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld, they learn from the police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly-dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. Among the plausible suspects are Renauld's wife Eloise, his son Jack, Renauld's immediate neighbor Madame Daubreuil, the mysterious "Cinde...

A few days after the departure of Miss Howard, who has told Mrs. Emily Inglethorp in an argument that her husband Alfred is cheating on her, Mrs. Inglethorp has severe cramps at night. But when the relatives go to see her, her room is locked. After the door is broken open, Emily Inglethorp is only able to say her husband's name before she passes away. Her husband, however, is out of the house that day. The poison specialist Dr. Bauerstein, who...

After the death of her father, an archaeologist, Anne Beddingfeld finds herself completely penniless. She has lived in the country all her life. Now she wants to build a new, independent existence in London. Returning from an unsuccessful job interview, she is standing on the platform of the Hyde Park Corner subway station. She faces a man, who looks over her shoulder and is so startled that he staggers, falls onto the tracks and is killed. A ...

The Murder on the Links is the third mystery novel by Agatha Christie. It investigates Hercule Poirot in his second novel together with Arthur Hastings. It is the only novel from Christie's pen that is set almost exclusively in France. This is remarkable in that Christie lived in France for some time as a young woman. This novel contains a plot line in which Hastings meets his future wife, Dulcie Duveen. A development "much desired by Agatha C...

After the death of her father, an archaeologist, Anne Beddingfeld finds herself completely penniless. She has lived in the country all her life. Now she wants to build a new, independent existence in London. Returning from an unsuccessful job interview, she is standing on the platform of the Hyde Park Corner subway station. She faces a man, who looks over her shoulder and is so startled that he staggers, falls onto the tracks and is killed. A ...

The Murder on the Links is the third mystery novel by Agatha Christie. It investigates Hercule Poirot in his second novel together with Arthur Hastings. It is the only novel from Christie's pen that is set almost exclusively in France. This is remarkable in that Christie lived in France for some time as a young woman. This novel contains a plot line in which Hastings meets his future wife, Dulcie Duveen. A development "much desired by Agatha C...

A few days after the departure of Miss Howard, who has told Mrs. Emily Inglethorp in an argument that her husband Alfred is cheating on her, Mrs. Inglethorp has severe cramps at night. But when the relatives go to see her, her room is locked. After the door is broken open, Emily Inglethorp is only able to say her husband's name before she passes away. Her husband, however, is out of the house that day. The poison specialist Dr. Bauerstein, who...

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 ...

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