Agatha Christie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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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...
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Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. In the village, Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot and, when the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
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A crime novel in which two desperate youngsters, short of money and restless for excitement, place an advertisement saying they are willing to do anything and to travel anywhere, but their first assignment for a sinister client plunges them into more danger than they could have imagined.
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A collection of short stories which see Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigating all manner of crimes, such as a suicide (which is in fact murder), a suspicious death in a locked-gun room, a million dollar bond robbery, the curse of a pharaoh's tomb and the abduction of a prime minister.
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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 priceless rubies are missing.
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A crime novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who travels to France following an urgent plea for help from a client, but he arrives late and the client is found dead. Before Poirot can begin to assess the clues, a second corpse is found, murdered in the same way as his client.
8) The Big Four
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Beloved private eye Hercule Poirot takes on an international crime cabal in this novel by the author who “created the modern murder mystery” (The New Yorker).
At home in London, detective Hercule Poirot is visited by a stranger whose repeated, incoherent ramblings and scribblings of the number four are most alarming—especially when the uninvited guest collapses to the floor. Grasping at the meaning...
At home in London, detective Hercule Poirot is visited by a stranger whose repeated, incoherent ramblings and scribblings of the number four are most alarming—especially when the uninvited guest collapses to the floor. Grasping at the meaning...
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Roger Ackroyd knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband and suspected that someone had been blackmailing her. Now he learnt that she had taken her life with a drug overdose. The post brought Roger one last bit of information, but he was stabbed to death before he could read it.
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Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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- Esta edición es única;
- La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para Planet Editions;
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Una casa misteriosa en una isla desierta, lejos del resto del mundo. Diez personas que nunca se han visto antes, unidas únicamente por el hecho de que todas tienen un pasado inquietante y reunidas por una serie de invitaciones inexplicables. Un invitado misterioso que nunca aparece.
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Hercule Poirot is joined by the mysterious problem solver Harley Quin in the pages of The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories—a collection of ingenious short masterworks of mystery and suspense that showcase the legendary Agatha Christie at her very best.
A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales
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El Orient Express parte una vez más hacia los exóticos paisajes que jalonan su ruta de Estambul a Calais. Sin embargo, en esta ocasión el viaje no transcurrirá con la placidez de costumbre: el tren quedará bloqueado por la nieve y aparecerá el cadáver de un pasajero asesinado. ¿Quién puede ser el asesino de entre todos los viajeros? ¿La princesa...
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In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Adventure of The Western Star,” Poirot investigates the case of a missing diamond, “The Star of the East”, belonging to Lady Yardly. But what is the connection between it and a similar diamond owned by the famous American film actress Mary Marvell? And why does a Chinese man want it returned? This short story originally appeared in the April 11, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
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International intrigue leads to murder at an English manor house in this classic mystery introducing the detection skills of Superintendent Battle.
Never do favors—that's the lesson it would've behooved Anthony Cade to learn before getting himself wrapped up in a case of conspiracy and murder. Politician George Lomax has persuaded Lord Caterham to host a weekend party at Chimneys, his country estate. Lomax hopes to cement plans to reinstate the...
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Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when she witnesses a man wearing a brown suit die at a tube station in London, she searches for clues and finds a mysterious piece of paper nearby. The message it contains leads her on a confounding chase full of secret aliases and codes as she seeks to solve the case and catch the murderer. Featuring an appearance from Secret Service agent Colonel Race, this story from renowned mystery writer...
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e-artnow ebooks
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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This carefully crafted eBook: "Agatha Christie Collection #1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (The First Hercule Poirot novel) + The Secret Adversary" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents."The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of World War I, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom
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Planet Editions
Pub. Date
2023
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- Esta edición es única;
- La traducción es completamente original y se realizó para Planet Editions;
- Todos los derechos reservados.
Durante unas vacaciones en el Nilo, el famoso detective Hércules Poirot se ve obligado a investigar el asesinato de una joven heredera.
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Planet Editions
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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La primera colección de magníficas historias cortas protagonizadas por Hércules Poirot y el capitán Hastings... Primero fue el misterio de la estrella de cine y el diamante... luego vino el "suicidio" que fue asesinato... el misterio del piso absurdamente caótico... una muerte sospechosa en una sala de armas cerrada... un robo de bonos de un millón de dólares... la maldición de la tumba de un faraón... un robo de joyas junto al mar... el...
20) Cinco cerditos
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Grupo Planeta - Argentina
Pub. Date
2024
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Español
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Dieciséis años atrás, Caroline Crale fue condenada por asesinar a su esposo, el pintor Amyas Crale, cuando éste estaba a punto de abandonarla por una mujer más joven. Tras morir en prisión, Caroline dejó una carta a su hija de cinco años, Carla, reafirmando su inocencia. Ahora Carla sabe que necesita la ayuda del mejor detective del mundo para volver al pasado y hallar al verdadero asesino. Hércules Poirot someterá a sus peculiares interrogatorios...
