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86) Cinco cerditos
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Sixteen years after her father's murder, Carla Lemarchant challenges brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to return to the scene of the crime and help her prove her mother's innocence.
Series
Poirot volume 4
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The Hollow: Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death--rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter.
Five...
Series
Poirot volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Description
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) has retired to a county village, until his neighbor, a wealthy industrialist, is found murdered. Poirot reunites with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) to find the culprit, exposing a tangled web of blackmail, envy and murder. Everyone in the Ackroyd household falls under Poirot's scrutiny, and in classic Agatha Christie style, this cast of suspicious characters all seem...
Series
Poirot volume 6
Pub. Date
2005
Description
After the Funeral: Richard Abernethie, head of the dysfunctional Abernethie clan, died a natural death--or so his family believes. But his sister, Cora, drops a bombshell--she believes Richard was murdered. Poirot is summoned to look into Cora's charges, but his investigation is interrupted by yet another bombshell--Cora herself is brutally murdered, leaving Poirot with two murder cases on his hands.
Cards on the Table: One of London's richest and...
Series
Poirot volume 5
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The Mystery of the Blue Train: While traveling on the famed Blue Train to the French Riviera, Inspector Poirot meets a motley collection of socialites that include the beautiful Ruth Kettering and her American oil magnate father, Rufus Van Aldin. Ruth is accompanied on the train by her scoundrel of a husband, Derek, and her lover La Roche. It's an unhealthy situation--and Poirot finds out just how unhealthy when one of them is found murdered.
Taken...
Series
Poirot volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Death on the Nile: When Linnet Doyle, the richest woman in London, steals and marries her best friend's fiance, the best friend gets her revenge by hounding the newlyweds throughout their honeymoon. A subsequent pleasure cruise down the River Nile turns deadly when the widely despised Mrs. Doyle is found murdered in her bed. Thank goodness the famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is along for the ride. His services are sorely in need as the body...
Series
Poirot volume 2
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Murder in Mesopotamia: On holiday in Iraq, Poirot visits an ancient site that his good friend Captain Hastings is helping excavate. But what begins as an entertaining diversion becomes a professional puzzle to challenge even Poirot's brilliance when the head archeologist's unpopular wife is killed.Though there is no shortage of suspects, clues are few and misleading, and the local authorities turn to their esteemed guest for help.
Evil Under the Sun:...
Author
Pub. Date
1985, c1938
Description
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 deductive powers to the test to solve one of his most chilling cases and to prevent a clever killer from spilling more blood.
97) Poirot: Series 3
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective is on the case in the first series of the hit PBS mystery. Fan favorite David Suchet stars as the dapper sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these remastered adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.
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