Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her?Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family.A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.Throughout the trial Jack had maintained his innocence, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and he had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. Unable to locate this mystery man the police viewed Jack's as a lie. Calgary was the stranger in question, but he arrives to late for Jack - who succumbs to pneumonia after serving just six months of his sentence.Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family - it means one of the family is a murderer…
Deu estranys que no tenen res en comú, llevat que cadascun d'ells guarda zelosament un secret mortal.Pero un assassí desconegut creu que ha arribat l'hora de fer justícia: un dels convidats s'ennuega i mor, i llavors nomes en queden nou. I despres, vuit; i despres, set. I despres, nomes sis, i cinc...
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world's most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie. A perfect stocking-filler for every Christie fan, to help celebrate her 125th birthday. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' solved some of the twentieth century's most puzzling crimes. But what do we really know about the eccentric genius underneath that fussy facade? Sometimes funny, often profound, and always revealing, this book of quotes and comments, from more than 50 Poirot novels and short stories, gives an entertaining glimpse of the man behind the moustache, and the wit and wisdom of the Queen of Crime who created him. Includes an exclusive essay by Agatha Christie from the archives on her love/hate relationship with her most famous creation.
Quan Miss Marple va arribar al Bertram, un hotelet del barri londinenc de West End, va trobar que era ben bé el que buscava: una confortable decoració eduardiana, un servei impecable i la decidida voluntat de preservar les millors tradicions de l'hoteler.
Una de les novel·les més cèlebres d’Agatha Christie.La novel·la que ha inspirat la pel·lícula.Aïllats en un creuer enmig del riu, la tensió entre els passatgers augmenta quan un triangle amorós es co
