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Colonel Protheroe is the most detested man in the village. Everyone even in the vicar wishes he were dead. Soon he is, shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with many suspects, only Miss Marple can find the clues that will lead to the killer.

Colonel Protheroe is the most detested man in the village. Everyone even in the vicar wishes he were dead. Soon he is, shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with many suspects, only Miss Marple can find the clues that will lead to the killer.

Colonel Protheroe is the most detested man in the village. Everyone even in the vicar wishes he were dead. Soon he is, shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with many suspects, only Miss Marple can find the clues that will lead to the killer.

Colonel Protheroe is the most detested man in the village. Everyone even in the vicar wishes he were dead. Soon he is, shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with many suspects, only Miss Marple can find the clues that will lead to the killer.

Dr. Lloyd recalls some events. There was a tragedy when he was practicing in the Canary Islands. A death by drowning which he had witnessed, and years later, a suicide in a small English village which mimicked the earlier event. Was anything criminal involved?

The death of Dr. Rosen, a German refugee who helped bring down a secret organization, and focuses on four people his butler, niece, secretary, and gardener—who all had motives and no alibis.

While staying at the Keston Spa Hydro just before Christmas, Miss Marple meets a young couple, Jack and Gladys Sanders. Upon meeting them, Miss Marple immediately senses that Jack intends to murder his wife, despite their seemingly happy appearance.

Mrs Bantry recounts the tale of a dinner where everyone became ill and one young lady died from poisoning, foxglove leaves had been mixed in with the sage and fed to everyone. The group decides this was no accident and plays twenty questions to deduce the killer.

Jane Helier, the beautiful, if vacuous actress, tells a story of a the theft of a woman's jewels and the playwright accused of stealing them. But unlike the other cases told at the Bantrys' dinner table, Miss Marple concludes at the end she doesn't know the true solution.

Agatha Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive, brilliant musician, a genius. There is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life.

Agatha Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive, brilliant musician, a genius. There is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life.

Agatha Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive, brilliant musician, a genius. There is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life.

Agatha Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive, brilliant musician, a genius. There is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life.

Agatha Christie written under the name Mary Westmacott. Vernon Deyre is a sensitive, brilliant musician, a genius. There is a high price to be paid for his talent, especially by his family and the two women in his life.

Mr. Harley Quin turns up mysteriously at a house party. It's dark and cold, with snow drifts everywhere, when Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall stating that his car has broken down. There he helps Mr Satterthwaite clear up the mystery of a death which took place ten years before but continues to haunt some of those present.

Mr Satterthwaite attends a party at a house where all the guests are gossiping about the ghostly figure in the upstairs window: a cavalier, murdered by his wife's lover. But when a real murder takes place it is only through Satterthwaite's patient and observing nature that the crime can be solved.

Mr Satterthwaite attends the trial of young Martin Wylde accused of murder. Shortly after the guilty verdict is returned, Satterthwaite runs into his mysterious friend Harley Quin. Can they prove Wylde’s innocence or did he really kill the beautiful Vivien Barnaby? In this story he has to travel all the way to Banff in Canada to solve the mystery.

A man disappeared from a house in the village of Kirklington Mallet, leaving his wife and all their possessions. Satterthwaite and Quin talk through the details of the mystery and finally see it for what it was.

While visiting Colonel Melrose, Mr Satterthwaite hears of the murder of Sir James Dwighton, who had recently been in a messy love triangle and the wife and her lover are immediately suspected. But a chance meeting with Mr Quin, changes Satterthwaite's perception of the facts.

Whilst holidaying in the principality, Mr. Satterthwaite watches as a young American man falls in love with a mystifying Countess. Soon after a bit of gambling at which he was not successful, he bumps into Harley Quin and they invite their new friends for an intimate dinner that reveals dark secrets about one of the guest.

Mr Satterthwaite has come to Corsica with his friend the Duchess of Leith, where they meet the Duchess’s cousin Naomi Carlton-Smith. Distraught that her fiancé has been accused of stealing, Naomi turns to Sattherthwaite and his friend the mysterious Mr Quin for help.

Mr Satterthwaite investigates his friend's daughter, who appears to be hearing voices. Is it her imagination or is the sinister demand for something stolen a warning? Mr Quin glides into the picture, dropping clues and setting Satterthwaite's thoughts along the right path, as always leading him towards a resolution. In this story they again stay at 'The Bells and Motley', mentioned in an earlier short story of the same name.

After a performance of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Mr Quin and Mr Satterthwaite witness a fight outside the opera house – but what could have prompted such brutal behaviour? Mr Quin's appearance in the opera's interval suggest that forces of love and jealousy must be at work and someone is in danger.

While visiting the rather dull, conventional, country home of John and Anna Denman, Mr. Satterthwaite unexpectedly meets Mr. Quin on a narrow road called Harlequin's Lane behind the house. Locally, it's known as Lover's Lane. While exploring the lane, Satterthwaite meets Molly Stanwell and learns that there's to be an entertainment, a masquerade, that evening.

When Mr. Satterthwaite visits a new exhibit in London at the Harchester Galleries, he discovers a painting with a male figure that bares an unusual likeness to a mysterious acquaintance of his, Mr. Quin. With one bold move, he purchases the canvas on the spot and in another, invites the artist of ‘The Dead Harlequin’ to dine with him that night.

Mr. Satterthwaite has left the French Mediterranean for one of the Spanish islands. He encounters Anthony Cosden as he is about to leap to his death. This was not his first attempt at suicide. Can Mr. Satterthwaite and Mr. Quin bring happiness back to a poor man’s life?

Mr Satterthwaite much prefers to be in London and dislikes the country. Hence he turns down a dinner invitation by Madge Keeley to her country house at Laidell. However a message from Harley Quin sends him hurrying there.

George Dundas is sacked from his job for being a wastrel but he soon receives a golden opportunity. Will he waste it or grasp it?

Sir Edward Palliser, a retired barrister, once made a promise to a young girl and travelling companion that she could always come to him whenever she needed help. Ten years later she calls on him. Sir Edward is reluctant but a promise is a promise. Family truths come to light as he begins to pull together the clues, where the police could find no supporting evidence.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.

A poor war widow is desperate for a job. She owes on her rent and even contemplates marrying the wrong man – all for the sake of her beloved dog, a gift from her late husband. So fond is she of her little half-blind ageing terrier Terry, she will do just about anything to keep him.

A retired police inspector who recognizes a woman in his village as someone he once suspected of murder, even though she was acquitted. The inspector believes she may be a danger, and he is determined to protect her new husband.

Edward Palgrove has saved up to buy a small car, which he and his fiancée, Dorothy Pratt, are both proud of. But neither one is prepared for the journey it will take them on, when the couple on a date pulls off the side of the road and end up buying a basket of fruit. Inside they find a ruby necklace. They also find a newspaper and read about a big jewel robbery. Now they've got to decide what to do with it.

Claire Halliwell lives a quiet country life with her dogs. A conscientious and popular parish worker, she takes everything in her stride even when Sir Gerald Lee, the man she loves, marries Vivien a glamorous city girl. When Claire learns that Vivien is having an affair, her sense of duty to Gerald is stretched to the limit.

James Bond is persuaded to spend a holiday at a fashionable seaside resort by his girlfriend. She has more money and chooses to stay with friends at the best hotel while he stays, abandoned, at a cheap boarding house. Over the days, the wealthy friends basically turn their noses up at him but soon he gets his own adventure, which begins in a bathing hut.

In the quiet halls of the British Museum, a forgotten stone idol sits unnoticed on a high shelf—its features eroded by time, its purpose long-lost. But for Frank Oliver, a lonely man recently returned to England, the little god becomes something more: a symbol of connection in a world that has passed him by.

When Frank notices a young woman visiting the same statue, day after day, something begins to shift. In their quiet devotion to a nameless figure, two strangers begin to find the possibility of something else—companionship, perhaps even love.

Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s step-mother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate.

Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s step-mother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate.

Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s step-mother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate.

Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s step-mother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate.

Newlyweds, George and Deidre Crozier are travelling through Africa, and George suspects Deidre is thinking of her first husband, killed in that very country. A Rhodesian tobacco plantation is the setting for a war widow’s unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…

A medium agrees to perform one last séance before retiring. She's young but exhausted and physically deteriorated. Just one more is what she promises her fiancé, that's it. But even she could not have anticipated the chain of events that it brings about…

John Seagrove, a young city clerk, awakes early one morning in his London bedsit desperately clinging to a dream that has just transformed his life. The next day at dinner at his boss’s house he meets the enigmatic Allegra Kerr. Falling in love with her at first sight John instantly realises this is the overwhelming joy his dream had foreshadowed but could darker forces be at work?

Famed soprano Paula Nazorkoff is invited to give a private performance at Rustonbury Castle. She accepts, since the castle is close to the home of the world-famous retired baritone Breon. What ensues is a story of passion and revenge in which old scores are settled at last.

One rainy night on the Wiltshire downs, the Dinsmead’s evening meal is interrupted by a stranger. Mortimer Cleveland interrupts their life when his car breaks down and he seeks shelter. Cleveland is a psychic researcher, who immediately senses that something is wrong; he detects murder in the air. Can he save the victim before it is too late?

About to elope to South Africa with her lover, a wife receives the news that her husband's financial empire is collapsing. Should she carry through with it or return to help her husband, or will the story have an unexpected twist?