The
famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When
a wealthy heiress is murdered, Poirot steps out of retirement
to find the killer. As the master detective makes his way through
the list of suspects, he finds the solution in an elaborately
planned scheme almost impossible to believe.
THE MURDER ON
THE LINKS
Monsieur
Renauld dies on a golf course just days after sending a plea
for help to detective Poirot. Since Renauld possessed a plundered
fortune, a scorned wife, a mistress, and an estranged son, there
is no lack of suspects. It's up to Poirot to put the police
onto the culprit before more murders occur.
POIROT INVESTIGATES
The
colorful Belgian detective with the waxed mustache and the egg-shaped
head uses his little gray cells to solve fourteen of his most
baffling cases, ranging from country house murders to an adventure
in an Egyptian tomb. Ageless, timeless mystery from the master.
THE
MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
Village
rumor hints that Mrs. Ferrars poisoned her husband, but no one
is sure. Then there's another victim in a chain of death. Unfortunately
for the killer, master sleuth Hercule Poirot takes over the
investigation.
THE BIG FOUR
They
are formidable enemies in their own rights: a French scientist,
an American millionaire, a brilliant Chinese gentleman, and
a master of disguise. But together they are the Big Four, a
partnership with one simple goal - murder. Hercule Poirot has
never come up against an opponent so vicious . . . or so deadly.
THE MYSTERY OF
THE BLUE TRAIN
A
lovely heiress, a doomed marriage, a locked compartment, a strange
man, and a stranger murder. Welcome aboard, Hercule Poirot!
PERIL AT END HOUSE
End
House was most appropriately named. Its young mistress nearly
met her end...three times in three days. It was the fourth near-fatal
'accident,' witnessed by Hercule Poirot, that convinced Miss
Buckley that someone was trying to kill her. But who, and why?
Now the celebrated crime-solver is dedicating himself to crime
preevention. That is, until an unexpected - and successful -
murder attempt carries Poirot's investigation to the bitter
end...
LORD EDGWARE DIES
The
stunning actress Jane Wilkinson doesn't hide the fact that she
is shopping around for a wealthier husband. So it's no surprise
that when her current husband is murdered, she's the prime suspect.
There's only one man who can clear her name - the same man she
tried to hire once before to get rid of her husband: Hercule
Poirot.
MURDER
ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
En
route to Paris, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has booked
winter passage on the fabled Orient Express. Among the curious
assortment of fellow passengers, one wealthy American holds
a unique distinction: He has been found dead of multiple stab
wounds in the night compartment of the Calais coach. By dawn,
thirteen travelers, each bearing a secret, will find themselves
suspect in the most ingenious crime Poirot has ever solved.
THREE-ACT TRAGEDY
The
Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown
by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and
falls over dead. Since there is no trace of poison or foul play,
the case is closed . . . until an identical death at a London
party arouses the suspicions of Hercule Poirot. Also published
as Murder in Three Acts.
DEATH IN THE CLOUDS
Poirot
goes after a mile-high murderer... While flying from France
to England, an ordinary trip becomes an extraordinary murder
case for detective Hercule Poirot when a fellow passenger is
shot with a poison-tipped dart....
THE A.B.C. MURDERS
Hercule
Poirot is called upon to solve the crimes of a murderer who
kills his victims in alphabetical order.
CARDS ON THE TABLE
It
was the match-up of the century: four sleuths - Superintendent
Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of
detective stories; Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service;
and the incomparable Hercule Poirot - invited to play bridge
with four specially invited guests, each of whom has gotten
away with murder! For the host, the mysterious Mr. Shaitana,
it was to be a clever entertainment. But before the first rubber
was completed, the host himself was dead...
MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA
"I
have arrived", said the note. Louise Leidner claimed the writer
had followed her halfway around the world and was now coming
to kill her. But the others on the dig in Iraq thought the archeologist's
wife was suffering from hysteria...until she was found bludgeoned
in her bedroom.
DEATH
ON THE NILE
Linnet
Doyle is young, beautiful, and rich. She's the girl who has
everything - including the man her best friend loves. When Linnet
and her new husband take a cruise on the Nile, they meet brilliant
detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet
Poirot feels that something is amiss.
DUMB WITNESS
When
Poirot receives a cryptic letter from an already-deceased old
woman, it's only a matter of time before he decides to investigate.
While the woman's death looked natural to all, Poirot stubbornly
believes it to be murder. But who had the motive...and the skill
to make murder look so typical?
MURDER IN THE
MEWS
"Dead
Man's Mirror" features an egotistical aristocrat who, with a
single shot, shatters both his skull and his mirror... "The
Incredible Theft" is overshadowed by a ghostly apparition. Poirot
is convinced the estate is haunted - by a very clever thief...
"Murder in the Mews" is a case of apparent suicide. The door
is locked, the windows fastened, and the widow Allen dead. But
Poirot knows that nothing is apparent about suicide - or murder...
"Triangle at Rhodes" takes Poirot on a restful seaside holiday.
Restful, until a love triangle erupts in criminal passion.
APPOINTMENT WITH
DEATH
When
Ms. Boynton is found dead of poisoning, there are so many suspects
that it is nearly impossible to determine who might have been
responsible. Only Hercule Poirot has the keenness of mind to
untangle the stories of each individual and determine the true
killer.
HERCULE POIROT'S
CHRISTMAS
On
the night before Christmas, cruel, tyrannical, filthy rich Simeon
Lee is found in his locked bedroom with his throat cut. Now
Hercule Poirot must put his detective powers to the test to
solve one of his most chilling cases - and to prevent a clever
killer from spilling more blood.
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE
MY SHOE
Shortly
after Hercule Poirot leaves his dental appointment with Dr.
Morley, the dentist is found dead - shot through the temple,
the weapon on the floor beside him. The police rule it suicide,
but master sleuth Poirot is certain it's murder. Also published
as The Patriotic Murders.
SAD CYPRESS
When
a kissing cousin's quarrel ends in murder, Hercule Poirot is
hired to uncover the truth in a perplexing case of love, money,
and greed.
EVIL UNDER THE
SUN
Men
desired her. Women despised her. But when the tempting Arlena
Marshall is found strangled at the Jolly Roger Hotel, only one
man can unravel the mystery: Hercule Poirot.
FIVE LITTLE PIGS
Amyas
Crale was a celebrated painter . . . and an even more celebrated
lover. His wife Caroline was as jealous as she was devoted.
So naturally, she was convicted of Amyas' murder. Now, 16 years
later, their daughter presents Poirot with a challenge: find
the fatal flaw in the case that will clear her mother's name.
Also published as Murder in Retrospect.
THE HOLLOW
Lucy
Angkatell invites Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great
detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming
pool. Unfortunately the victim plays the scene for real. As
his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final
word: 'Henrietta'. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom
of the pool. Poirot's enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic
attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect - and
each a victim of love.
THE LABOURS OF
HERCULES
In
appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek
hero. Yet - reasoned the detective - like Hercules he had been
responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant
monsters. So, in the period before he retired, Poirot made up
his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed
'Labours'. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic
feat of deduction.
TAKEN AT THE FLOOD
A
few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade
is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight,
the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of
the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot
receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law, who claims
she has been warned by 'spirits' that Mrs. Underhay's first
husband is still alive. Yet, what mystifies Poirot most is the
woman's true motive for approaching him.
THE UNDER DOG
AND OTHER STORIES
Detective
Hercule Poirot must out-smart nine cunning adversaries in nine
short stories of murder, deception, terror, and suspense from
mystery's best-selling author and Dame of the British Empire.
MRS. MCGINTY'S
DEAD
An
old woman has been brutally murdered. The only suspect, her
lodger, is arrested, found guilty, and condemned to death. The
day of the verdict, Hercule Poirot receives and unexpected visit
from Superintendent Spence, a retired policeman who has come
to ask for Poirot's help with the case. "I don't think he did
it," Spence says of the convicted man.
AFTER THE FUNERAL
The
bodies seem to be piling up at Enderby Hall. First, the very
wealthy Richard Abernethi dies suddenly. Then, his sister is
murdered with a hatchet. Several days later, her companion is
sent a sliver of wedding cake steeped in arsenic. No wonder
the family solicitor calls in master sleuth Hercule Poirot.
HICKORY DICKORY
DOCK
Miss
Lemon is the perfect secretary. She runs Hercule Poirot's life
so that order and method rule supreme. Then one morning she
presents a freshly typed letter to Poirot and he finds three
mistakes. He knows that something is seriously wrong...
DEAD MAN'S FOLLY
Well-known
mystery writer Ariadne Oliver organizes a Murder Hunt as the
main even at the Fete held on the grounds of Nasse House. Every
detail is arranged - and the stage is set for murder. Suspecting
that something isn't quite right, Ariade Oliver telephones her
old friend, Hercule Poirot, for help.
CAT AMONG THE
PIGEONS
When
summer term begins at the very exclusive Meadowbank school,
its founders know the school has never been more popular and
assured of success. Then, in the middle of the night, the gym
mistress is murdered...
THE CLOCKS
The
little Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has a problem - four
clocks, all set at 4:13 and left at the scene of a murder. The
witnesses are a blind woman, a young secretary, and an innocent
passerby. Poirot must solve this case in time, before another
life is lost.
THIRD GIRL
A
desperate woman seeks the aid of Hercule Poirot in a matter
of life and death. A near-lethal does of poison, a blood-stained
knife, a revolver, and a family who aren't what they seem all
figure in an extraordinary case that takes the celebrated Belgian
detective from a village estate to the bohemian streets of London.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
When
a little girl claims to have witnessed a murder at a Halloween
party, her news is ignored as the fanciful rambling of an imaginative
child - that is, until the little girl turns up dead! Hercule
Poirot must unmask a murderer amongst the things that go bump
in the night.
ELEPHANTS CAN
REMEMBER
Poirot
agrees to help a friend investigate the 12-year-old case of
Lord and Lady Ravenscroft, whose deaths were ruled a double
suicide. All Poirot has to go on are the dim memories of an
old woman, a doctor, and a teacher. This may turn out to be
a mystery that even the great sleuth cannot unravel.
POIROT'S EARLY
CASES
Still
in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a
most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay's
death on the same night a mere coincidence? And did she deliberately
take an overdose of cocaine? No sooner has Poirot revealed his
astonishing conclusions, than he must turn his powers of deduction
to seventeen other whirlwind mysteries.
CURTAIN
Hercule
Poirot returns to Styles, the scene of his first great case,
to prevent a dangerous mass murderer from striking again. But
the esteemed detective does not know that this will be the most
dangerous case of his illustrious career - and perhaps the last.
