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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 1
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English
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There has been a murder at Styles Court. Detective Poirot comes out of retirement to solve who would want the rich heiress Inglethorp dead, and would have the impudence to poison her. The jagged plot turns keep Poirot guessing as suspicion shifts from one peculiar character to the next.
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When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasnt it?" But he was murdered, wasnt he? Did Coras accusation a dark truth that sealed her own fate? Or are the siblings deaths just tragic coincidences?Desperate to know the truth,...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 4
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English
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"Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life--and that of his 'twin brother'--to uncover...
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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...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 34
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The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circlethey are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together. Both Hercule Poirot and Great Styles have seen better daysbut, despite being crippled with arthritis, there is nothing wrong with the great detective and his little gray cells. However, when Poirot brands one of the seemingly harmless guests a five-time murderer,...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 16
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English
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Hercule Poirot's vacation in the Holy Land is interrupted by death in Petra, where the lifeless body of Mrs. Boynton, a detestable English woman who cowed her family and strangers alike, is found atop the rose red cliffs. Though her family claims her heart failure was a natural event, the tiny puncture mark on her wrist is a clear sign of the fatal injection that really killed her.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 12
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English
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Hercule Poirot is summoned to solve a case involving the murder of a seductive woman accompanying a scientific party investigating the secrets of ancient Babylon.
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While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Fortunately, the brilliant...
13) Poirot: Set 5
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Acorn Media
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English
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"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....
14) Poirot: Set 4
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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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.
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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"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.
17) Poirot: Set 11
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
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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.
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"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.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 5
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English
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When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again-for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. It all comes down to Hercule Poirot to figure out who the killer and thief is. The prime suspect is Ruths estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an...
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New Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffeehouse is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a fashionable London Hotel have been murdered, and a cufflink has been placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with...
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