David Suchet
Author
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2013, David Suchet filmed his final scenes as Hercule Poirot. For 24 years Suchet was the on-screen embodiment of Agatha Christie's iconic Belgian detective and, in 'Poirot and Me', the actor tells the story of how he secured the part, with the blessing of Agatha Christie's daughter, and set himself the task of presenting the most authentic Poirot that had ever been filmed. Peppered with anecdotes about filming, including many tales...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: Id like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger. Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
"Distressed young heiress Norma Restarick comes to see Hercule Poirot about 'a murder she might have committed.' The detective consults an old acquaintance, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, who lives in the same building as the young woman and her two roommates. When Norma's childhood nanny is found dead, apparently by suicide, Poirot believes he has identified the victim. Next he must deduce the killer, while Norma's family fears for her sanity"--Container....
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Three hour-long mysteries. "The million dollar bond robbery": Poirot tries to foil the theft of American bonds en route from London to New York. "The Plymouth express": A mining magnate's daughter has been killed for her jewels and Poirot investigates. "Wasps' nest": Poirot tries to solve a murder before it happens, but the victim isn't the person you'd expect.
10) Poirot: Set 11
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder near his home, a poisoning while on vacation in Greece, and a murder that occurs on a cruise to Egypt.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Poirot arrives in Dover to help Lieutenant Colin Race determine if Sheila Webb is responsible for the murder of a middle aged man found stabbed at 10 Wilbraham Crescent. Could there be a connection with the recent discovery of a German mole within the Navy?"--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"There are many suspects - any one of the guests could have slipped out during a game of Snapdragon. Then, in a shocking development, Joyces's younger brother Leopold is also found drowned. Amid rumours of a curse on the village, Poirot knows it is only a matter of time before the killer strikes again and he sets out on a quest for the truth."--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When Linnet Doyle steals and marries her best friend's fiance, the best friend gets her revenge by hounding the newlyweds. On a pleasure cruise down the Nile, the widely despised Mrs. Doyle is found murdered. Thank goodness Poirot is along for the ride.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Elinor Carlisle has been accused of killing her wealthy Aunt and a rival in love. When Poirot comes to the case he quickly finds motive, opportunity and means for Elinor to have done the double murder. But a tidy package is not enough to satisfy Poirot's curiosity, and he eventually pieces together an entirely different picture of what really happened in a case that appeared to cut and dried.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death -- rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter."
20) Cruel Train
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Based on Emile Zola's 'La Bete Humaine', this stylish film noir is set in Britain during the Blitz. Ruben Roberts discovers he owes everything - job and home - to the sexual favours forced upon his wife by her rich and powerful godfather. Assisted by his wife, Ruben murders him on the Brighton Express. A witness has to be silenced.