Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict... Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that `old sin leave long shadows'.
A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room...A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by `spirits' that Mrs Underhay's first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him...
A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house...Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles - until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret...
Anthony Eastwood es un escritor de novelas policiales tratando de buscar inspiración frente a su página en blanco. Repentinamente recibe una llamada telefónica de una mujer que lo confunde con un tal Conrad y le pide desesperadamente que acuda en su ayuda. Eastwood acudira y se vera envuelto en un interesante misterio. Sera engañado y hasta desvalijado pero contara con el impulso necesario para escribir una gran novela policial.
Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled across an advertisement in "The Times" which read "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr Parker Pyne".
An oriental prince begins an affair in London with a girl of dubious reputation, to whom he gives an emblematic ruby that disappears along with the young woman. Hercule Poirot is summoned to retrieve it. Posing as a guest at the Lacey family home, the detective will share a traditional Christmas to follow the thieves trail until he finds the valuable jewel.
Edward Robinson, a mere clerk, wins 500 in a competition; wondering what to invest in he finally buys a luxurious car. He goes out to the road, stops to contemplate the landscape and when he returns his car have been changed for one almost the same. His surprise is extraordinary when discovered that there is a diamond necklace in the glove compartment. Unintentionally, Edward is involved in a mafia adventure.
Una tabla pesada que sale en la cabecera de una cama. Una roca cae por un acantilado y se estrella en la pista. Los frenos de un coche en descenso... Y finalmente, una bala perdida que viene para quedarse en un sombrero! Para Hercules Poirot, de vacaciones en la costa sur de Inglaterra, no hay duda...
The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice...When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth''s estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board!
Auf Stonygate, dem feudalen Landsitz ihrer Jugendfreundin Carrie Louise, trifft Miss Marple deren ganze Familie. Gleichzeitig ist Stonygate auch eine Erziehungsanstalt für straffällig gewordene Jugendliche. Der Vermögensverwalter der Stiftung für diese Anstalt, der Stiefsohn von Carrie Louise, wird erschossen, während sich Miss Marple noch fragt, was an der Atmosphäre auf Stonygate ihr so unwirklich vorkommt, fast so, als sei das Ganze eine große Inszenierung, fast wie eine Fata Morgana...
