Hugh Fraser
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Language
English
Description
The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 24
Language
English
Description
"Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other 'little pigs' who could have done it...Sixteen years later, Caroline's daughter is determined to prove her mother's innocence, and Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind..."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 32
Language
English
Formats
Description
The very exclusive Meadowbank School has never been more assured of success when the summer term begins--until their gym mistress is found murdered.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In the Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very...
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Mark Easterbrook investigates the brutal death of Father Gorman, a Catholic priest who had just heard the deathbed confession of longtime town gossip Mrs. Davis. On his body, Father Gorman had a list of names, supposedly related to Mrs. Davis' confession. As Mark delves deep into the mystery, he uncovers a series of startling secrets.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 12
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Poirot chases a killer who is murdering his victims in alphabetical order and gives the detective the location of the murders just prior to them.
9) Towards zero
Author
Series
Superintendent Battle volume 5
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard struggles to find the person who penned the details of a vicious murder.
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 29
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2007], p2001
Language
English
Description
Richard Abernethie's unscrupulous relatives, interested only in their respective shares of the rich man's estate, become suspects in Hercule Poirot's search for a killer.
11) Murder is easy
Author
Series
Superintendent Battle volume 4
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam takes it upon himself to stop the homicidal maniac responsible for a series of murders.
12) The big four
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot volume 5
Publisher
Audio Partners
Pub. Date
[2004], p2002
Language
English
Description
Four men including a master murderer match wits in a diabolical effort to control the Earth.
Author
Series
Miss Marple mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A blinding snowstorm--and a homicidal maniac--traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which in turn would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur 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. Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot In the village. When the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The dapper, diminutive Belgian solves the most serpentine cases with the sharpest of minds and the driest of wits. Set in the Art Deco elegance of 1930s England, each mysterious adventure is a treat for the eyes and the intellect.