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Series
Superintendent Battle mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, a feisty flapper turns to amateur sleuthing, teaming up with a suave man-about-town. The dark forces of murder and international intrigue combine with the froth of romance and frivolity for a thriller with wicked Christie wit.
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"In these stories, lesser-known Christie heroes and heroines solve crimes of the heart as well as puzzling cases of larceny and murder. With just the right mix of danger and deception, romance and revenge, innocence and intrigue, these classic adaptations are Christie at her best"--Container.
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.
13) Marple: Series 4
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The amateur elderly detective Miss Marple solves cases that baffle the police.
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.
15) Dead man's folly
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A "murder hunt" is just a fun game played at a gracious country manor, until somebody actually turns up dead.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous trains Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
17) Marple: Series 5
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple solves mysteries set against a rich background of grand English estates, gorgeous scenery, and post-WWII period detail.
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