Monsieur Poirot here pits his mind against fiendishly clever murderers, thieves and kidnappers. Unmasking murderers....The Cornish Mystery.
Foiling kidnappers..........The Kidnapped Prime Minister
Catching Thieves............The Adventure of 'The Western Star'

Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion. There, among the tennis racquets, they discover the body of an unpopular games mistress. Can there really be a link between a Middle Eastern revolution and an English girl's school? Julia Upjohn knows something. She also knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she might be the next victim of a cold-hearted killer.

The deceptively ladylike detective from St Mary Mead is back again. She solves the mystery of the dying man in the church sanctuary, the puzzle of Uncle Henry's hidden legacy and four more baffling mysteries, in this collection of eight newly-discovered stories by the Queen of Crime.

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market, Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home......

The Siegfried Plan.........In a bleak airport lounge, a bored diplomat believes a frightened girl's fantastic story.....In a Whitehall office, worried politicians talk of terrorism and anarchy.....In a German castle, an old woman plans a new world.....

A macabre recurring dream.....revenge against a blackmailer....jealousy, infidelity and a tortured conscience....a stolen gemstone....the haunting attraction of an ancient relic....a race against time......a tragic love triangle......a body in a box....an unexpected visitor from beyond the grave....Here are nine quintessential examples of Agatha Christie's brilliance

To fulfil a promise to an old school friend, Miss Marple stays in a country house - with two hundred juvenile delinquents and seven heirs to an old lady's fortune. One of them is a murderer - a murderer with a talent for being in two places at once.

The Orient Express stands snowbound in the Balkans, while on board, the passengers are locked in for the night. By morning one of them has been brutally murdered. And Hercule Poirot confronts twelve unlikely suspects.

Jane Grey: 'I won't look at him......it's much better not. I'll look out of the window, anywhere....' Opposite her, Norman Gale:'She remembers me alright....she's very attractive when she smiles. Damn it, I feel quite excited - steady my boy...' M.Hercule Poirot:'She's pretty, that little one - but why is she so determined not to look at the handsome young man opposite her?' Right at the end of the airplane cabin Madame Giselle's head lolled forward a little as though she were asleep. But she was not asleep. She neither spoke nor thought. Madame Giselle was dead.

Guy Fawkes Night: A perfect night for murder, as Inspector Japp remarked to Hercule Poirot. Someone else agreed with him. Next morning, young Mrs Allen was found dead in her mews house. Her murderer had tried to make it look like suicide. But he had not reckoned on Hercule Poirot, who solved the Murder in the Mews and three more perplexing cases with his usual dazzling brilliance.