Right at the bottom of the column, it was. Something for which she had not dared to hope. Not in remote, prosperous, hard-headed Flaxborough. A matrimonial bureau. Two women have disappeared in the small market town of Flaxborough. They are about...
To John Kendall, aged thirty-two, it seemed a good idea to throw in his well-paid job in order to write a novel, even though his only published works to date were six guidebooks on how to survive in jungles and deserts.
Ten hungry months later,...
Some objects just cry out to be stolen, and an obliging ring of international thieves stands ready to heed the cry. Their current target is the Gyrth Chalice, a priceless goblet that the Gyrth family has for centuries held in trust for the British...
When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen to visit him just before his death and Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to 'get rid' of him. But how could his estranged wife Jane have stabbed...
Hércules Poirot se enfrenta con unos criminales fuera de lo común. No son vulgares asesinos ni simples estafadores. Son líderes organizados a escala internacional, que mueven los hilos de cuanto sucede en el mundo. Se les conoce como "Los cuatro...
Hércules Poirot y la escritora Ariadne Oliver se sumergen en una historia acaecida doce años atrás, un caso de doble muerte que en su día fue archivado como suicidio pactado. Las cosas que pasaron por alto a quienes tuvieron alguna relación con...
Desde el número 19 de Wilbraham Crescent alguien llama solicitando una mecanógrafa, con preferencia Sheila Webb. La llamada es atendida y Sheila es enviada a la dirección reseñada con el encargo de presentarse a miss Pebmarsh. Al llegar allí se...