Five Complete Hercule Poirot Novels

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AGATHA CHRISTIE Five Complete = Hercule Poirot Novels Vintage Christie! Vintage Poirot! In one volume you have five Hercule Poirot mystery novels chosen to show Agatha Christie as the absolute master of her art, whose skills gave wing to somé of the most devilishly subtle and daring plots ever devised for the bafflement of mystery fans. In Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot takes a cruise through the ancient land of the Pharaohs. It's an exciting trip for all the passengers, and for one - a lovely young bride - fatal. Murder on the Orient Express finds Poirot snowbound on the famed train with a bevy of strangers from around the globe. Then, suddenly, the American, Mr. Rachett, is dead and Poirot must find the murderer. The first victim in The ABC Murders was a Mrs. Ascher of Andover, the second, Betty Barnard of Bexhill-on-sea. They were murders without motive - the grisly play of a madman's alphabetical whimsy, and it's up to Poirot to find the killer. Poirot is invited to play... Tovább

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AGATHA CHRISTIE Five Complete = Hercule Poirot Novels Vintage Christie! Vintage Poirot! In one volume you have five Hercule Poirot mystery novels chosen to show Agatha Christie as the absolute master of her art, whose skills gave wing to somé of the most devilishly subtle and daring plots ever devised for the bafflement of mystery fans. In Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot takes a cruise through the ancient land of the Pharaohs. It's an exciting trip for all the passengers, and for one - a lovely young bride - fatal. Murder on the Orient Express finds Poirot snowbound on the famed train with a bevy of strangers from around the globe. Then, suddenly, the American, Mr. Rachett, is dead and Poirot must find the murderer. The first victim in The ABC Murders was a Mrs. Ascher of Andover, the second, Betty Barnard of Bexhill-on-sea. They were murders without motive - the grisly play of a madman's alphabetical whimsy, and it's up to Poirot to find the killer. Poirot is invited to play bridge with four special guests in The Cards on the Table. But before the first rubber is played out, the host, Mr. Shaitana, is dead. In Thirteen at Dinner, actress Jane Wilkinson asks Poirot for help after her husband is murdered. But how can he believe in the innocence of a woman who tried to hire him once before-to get rid of her husband? In these five novels-behind the facades of wealth, culture, and breedingthat Agatha Christie knew and described so accurately, lies the brutal passión of evil-discovered and laid bare. Vissza