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È ricco di personaggi ambigui questo sorprendente audiobook della grandissima Agatha Christie: ci sono l'amico fedele, l'amico innamorato, la sorella sfregiata, la governante che odia gli uomini, la bellissima amante Elsa Greer. Gravitano tutti attorno a Caroline - la moglie tradita - e Amyas, il marito fedifrago. Il loro matrimonio travagliato si concluderà con una tragedia. In questo romanzo, del 1942, la Christie ha realizzato uno dei suoi più interessanti esercizi di bravura, costruendo un meccanismo tanto intricato quanto perfetto, dove tutto è diverso da quella che sembra.

In a sleepy English village, where scandal whispers under a polite facade, a single act of betrayal erupts into a mystery that entangles everyone. In Motive v. Opportunity, Miss Marple faces one of her most baffling dilemmas: when both motive and opportunity lie in plain sight, what reveals the real killer? Every character seems cloaked in a blend of innocence and cunning, each with their own murky secrets. But the question is not who had a reason or the chance—it's who had the audacity.

The year is 1920, and an ambitious doctor meets a nun apparently traumatised by what she witnessed in the Great War. An attempt to restore the woman's sanity results in the uncovering of something very sinister indeed.

A personal advertisement written in code attracts the attention of Tuppence Beresford. When Tuppence suspects that the code involves the Three Arts Ball, she persuades Tommy to attend dressed in costume. Tuppence's suspicions prove to be correct when a murder takes place, but as all of the guests are dressed in masquerade, identifying the killer may be more difficult than first thought....

In this, the first Hercule Poirot mystery, we see how the intrepid detective meticulously approaches the murder of one of the residents of a small English village.

Six short stories from the Queen of Crime, telling, amongst other things, of Pink Pearls and Sinister Strangers.Bonus Feature: Includes an exclusive Q&A session between Hugh Fraser and David Brawn, Publishing Operations Director at HarperCollins.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Double Clue,” Poirot investigates the robbery of a collection of medieval jewelry from the safe of a dealer. Since the theft occurred during a dinner party, the suspects could be any of the guests. But which one? This short story originally appeared in the December 5, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

Se avete amato il libro, impossibile perdere la versione audiolibro di uno dei più famosi romanzi di Agatha Christie: C'è un Cadavere in Biblioteca...

In this Agatha Christie masterpiece, recently orphaned Anne Beddingfield sets out on the adventure of a lifetime but during her travels, she gets far more than she bargained for. While in London, the beautiful Anne witnesses a gruesome death when a stranger falls onto the rail tracks. A doctor comes out of nowhere, declaring the stranger dead.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000-26,000 words.

Poirot se enfrenta a uno de los casos más desconcertantes de su carrera. Sir Charles Cartwright debería habérselo pensado dos veces antes de invitar a cenar a trece personas en su casa. Pues la velada concluye con uno de los invitados muerto tras haber ingerido un cóctel en el que no se encuentra ningún rastro de veneno. Hasta el momento, nada que pueda sorprender al detective belga. Lo que sí resulta sorprendente para Poirot es que no haya ni un solo motivo que pueda explicar el asesinato.

Miss Marple und Hercule Poirot sind bekannt für ihre ungewöhnlichen Ermittlungsmethoden. Die berühmten Detektive setzen kleine graue Zellen ein, Stricknadeln, Menschenkenntnis sowie belgischen und britischen Spürsinn, um Mörder und sonstige Verbrecher zu überführen. Agatha Christie lässt ihre beliebten Kriminalisten in klassischen Whodunits ermitteln, das Genre, für das sie berühmt wurde.

An aging, heavily-insured country squire whose estate is in financial ruin is thought to have committed suicide. Hercule Poirot investigates, in the guise of a representative of the victim's insurance company, to uncover the identity of the real murderer.

A man witnesses a murderous attack on a young woman in a mirror - yet when he turns round there is nothing there. Can he prevent a premonition coming true? Basic human loyalty and jealousy are at the fore in this chilling tale.

Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn her to return her diamond, the famous "Western Star", to its rightful owner. But who does own the diamond, and is it even the genuine article?

Erstmals im Hörbuch: Hercule Poirot und Ariadne Oliver ermitteln gemeinsam an einem Mordfall. Joyce Reynolds ist kein beliebtes Mädchen. Als sie auf einer Halloween-Party jedem, einschließlich der berühmten Kriminalautorin Mrs Oliver erzählt, dass sie einen Mord beobachtet hat, glaubt ihr niemand. Als sie kurze Zeit später tot in der Bibliothek gefunden wird, ruft man Hercule Poirot herbei. Doch er muss erst einmal herausfinden, ob er einen Mörder oder einen Doppelmörder sucht. Die kleinen grauen Zellen arbeiten auf Hochtouren!

When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt's International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence—married couple and detective aficionados—are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson emerged after a two-year Arctic adventure, but he's lost his fiancée Hermione too. What telegrams and scraps of information Tommy and Tuppence can gather are all the hope the adventurer has in finding her. But this information leads the duo into dangerous situations, investigating secluded country houses in the dead of night, and that's only the start of it.

When an unexpected visitor bursts into Hercule Poirot's home and collapses onto the floor, the atmosphere becomes charged with intrigue. The only clue to his purpose is the repetition of Poirot's name and address, accompanied by the insistent scribbling of the number four. Gradually, the man regains consciousness and begins to divulge information about an insidious international crime syndicate known as "the Big Four".

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stands serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence is damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, one man still presumes Elinor is innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot, who is all that stands between Elinor and the gallows.

En Las manzanas de Hespérides, nos sumergimos en una travesía misteriosa que combina mitología antigua y astucia contemporánea. La historia sigue a nuestro sagaz detective mientras desenreda una red intricada de pistas para encontrar un tesoro legendario: las doradas manzanas de Hespérides. Lo que comienza como una simple solicitud de recuperar un objeto de valor incalculable se convierte en una búsqueda que desafía su perspicacia, llevándolo más allá de los confines de lo ordinario.