Agatha Christie B2
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. She is the most widely published and translated author of all time and in any language
450 from Paddington
When Miss Marple telephones her friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow and
asks her to go undercover to investigate, Lucy quickly accepts
the challenge!
Who is the dead woman? What was the motive for her murder?
And why was the body thrown from the train and later hidden
at Rutherford Hall?
A Murder is Announced
A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m. Friends, please accept this, the only notice.
Fortunately, Miss Marple is staying in the area and is delighted to become involved.
ABC Murder
Hercule Poirot has received a letter which is simply signed
ABC’. The writer promises a mystery that is too difficult
even for the great mind of the famous Belgian detective.
Poirot is worried by the letter, but there seems to be no
case to solve. And then the murders begin.
After the Funeral
After Richard Abernethie’s funeral, his will is read out to his family. His sister, Cora, shocks everyone by saying ’He was murdered, wasn’t he?’
When Cora is murdered in her bed the very next day, her extraordinary remark suddenly seems very important. Every member of the Abernethie family has something to gain from both murders. Hercule Poirot arrives to solve the mystery…
Appointment with Death
Mrs Boynton, a cruel and hated woman, is found dead in the
ancient city of Petra. Was it just a weak heart and too much sun
that killed her, or has one of Mrs Boynton’s many victims found
revenge?
By chance, the great detective Hercule Poirot has some useful
information, but is it enough to find the killer? He has 24 hours
to solve the case.
Cat Among the Pigeons
Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious light in the school Sports Pavilion. Among the tennis racquets and lacrosse sticks, they find the body of the unpopular games mistress — shot through the heart. Schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much, and begins to worry that she might be the next victim. Can detective Hercule Poirot find the killer before the ‘cat’ strikes again?
Crooked House
The Leonides family live together in a large and crooked house in a wealthy London suburb. When the elderly millionaire Aristide Leonides is murdered with a fatal injection, the family reluctantly suspect his glamorous, young second wife. Charles Hayward, who is engaged to the late millionaire’s granddaughter, observes the family closely and makes a terrible and shocking discovery…
Death in the Clouds
Hercule Poirot is travelling from France to England by plane. During the journey a passenger is murdered.
Someone on the flight is guilty of the crime — but who could have, a motive for killing an elderly lady? And how is it possible that no one saw it happen?
Death on the Nile
Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case.
Destination Unknown
Famous scientists from around the world are disappearing and nobody knows why. The one woman who can help uncover the truth is dying after a plane crash. How can they discover where the scientists are without her? Meanwhile, in a hotel room in Casablanca, Hilary Craven decides to end her life. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a man who offers her an exciting alternative…
Hickory Dickory Dock
Strange items have disappeared from the student hostel on Hickory Road and Mrs Hubbard, the warden, is becoming suspicious. Detective Hercule Poirot has been a little bored recently and decides to try to solve the mystery. But the investigation turns sinister when one of the students is found poisoned in her room.
Man in the Brown Suit
Pretty, young Anne Beddingfeld comes to London looking for adventure. But adventure finds her when she sees a man fall off an Underground platform and die on the rails. The police think the death was an accident. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away? Anne has only one clue, but she is determined to bring the mysterious killer to justice. Anne’s adventure takes her on a cruise ship all the way to Cape Town and on into Africa…
The Moving Finger
Lymstock is a small town with lots of secrets. Recently several people in the town have received anonymous hate-mail. When Mrs Symmington receives one of the letters and then dies in mysterious circumstances, the people of the town no longer know whom they can trust.
Who is writing the letters? And why? Miss Marple helps solve the mystery.
Murder at the Vicarage
When Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar’s study, it seems that almost everyone in the village of St Mary Mead had a motive to kill him. This is the first case for Agatha Christie’s legendary female detective, Miss Marple. She needs to use all her powers of observation and deduction to solve the mystery.
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much.
He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her — and now he knows she killed herself.
When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.
Murder on the Orient Express
Hercule Poirot is traveling when he is suddenly called back to London. He travels back. During the first night of the trip, the train is forced to stop due to a snow. The next morning the body of one of the passengers is found. Poirot launches an investigation into the man’s death and quickly discovers that there is no shortage of suspects among the travelers.
Mysterious Affair at Styles
Recently, there have been some strange things happening at Styles, a large country house in Essex. Evelyn Howard, a loyal friend to the family for years, left the house after an argument with Mrs Inglethorp. Mrs Inglethorp is then suddenly taken ill and dies.
Has she been poisoned? It is up to the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to find out what happened.
N o M
It is World War II and Britain’s best secret agent has been murdered. The murderers are Nazi agents, known only as N and M, and could be anyone. The only clue points towards the sleepy seaside village of Leahampton and its busy guesthouse, Sans Souci. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Britain’s most unlikely spies, accept the mission to find N and M. No one can be trusted…
Peril at End House
Hercule Poirot, the famous detective, is on holiday in the south of England when he meets a lady called Nick Buckley. Nick has had a lot of mysterious ‘accidents’. First, her car brakes failed. Then, a large rock just missed her when she was walking, and later, a painting almost fell on her while she was asleep. Finally, Poirot finds a bullet hole in her hat!
Nick is in danger and needs Poirot’s help. Can he find the guilty person before Nick is harmed?
Pocket full of Rye
Rex Fortescue, the boss of a financial empire, is sipping tea in his office, when he suffers a painful and sudden death. When the police check the victim’s pockets, they find grain.
Miss Marple knows one of the servants in Rex Fortescue’s house and comes to help solve the mystery. She soon starts to suspect that she is dealing with a case of crime by rhyme.
Sparkling Cyanide
Six people sit down for dinner at a table laid for seven. No one can forget the night almost exactly a year ago that Rosemary Barton died at this same table surrounded by the same people, her beautiful face turned blue with cyanide poison. Rosemary had always been memorable — and people had strong reactions to her. Did one of the six people at dinner feel strongly enough about her to kill her?
They Came to Baghdad
When Victoria Jones, a young Englishwoman, follows her new love interest to Baghdad, she has no idea what adventure is waiting for her.
A very important international meeting is planned there, but a secret organization wants to sabotage it.
When a man dies in Victoria’s hotel room, he whispers three words to her:’… Lucifer… Basrah … Lefarge …’ What do these words mean? And what does it have to do with the important meeting?
They Do It With Mirrors
There is a dangerous atmosphere at Stonygates, a centre for young criminals. When Miss Marple visits her friend there she can sense the danger, too. One evening during her stay someone shoots at the administrator of the centre. He is not injured, but a visiting relative is shot dead at the same time in another part of the building. Could this be a coincidence? Miss Marple must solve the mystery.
Why Didn't Thet Ask Evans
Bobby Jones is playing golf … terribly. As his ball disappears over the edge of a cliff, he hears a cry. The ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’
Bobby and his adventure-seeking companion Frankie set out to solve the mystery of the dying man’s last words only to find their own lives in terrible danger…