For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses..…
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.' A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fi…
Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--sho…
With only one bizarre clue to the agonizing death of a wealthy financiar, Miss Marple must unravel a mystery hidden in a child's nursery rhyme that is to prove one of the strangeset cases of her life.
HERCULE POIROT, detektif terhebat abad kedua puluh, memulai kariernya yang cemerlang dengan memecahkan misteri penusukan di PESTA DANSA, lenyapnya JURU MASAK CLAPHAM, pencuri yang meninggalkan PETUNJUK GANDA, kutukan WARISAN LEMESURIER, pembunuhan di PLYMOUTH EXPRESS, dan tiga belas kasus membingungkan lainnya.
Hercule Poirot merasa kesal dan jemu. Kematian sama sekali bukan hal yang menyenangkan. Tapi di sini mereka malah menggodanya dengan menyajikan suatu adegan pembunuhan. Di tepi kolam, sesosok tubuh digeletakkan secara artistik, lengannya terentang. Bahkan ada cat merah menetes-netes. Sosok itu sangat tampan. Beberapa orang berdiri mengelilinginya dalam pose-pose yang aneh. Semuanya sangat tidak…
Tertahan salju di Pegunungan Balkan, para penumpang Kereta Api Orient Express dikejutkan oleh berita mengguncangkan bahwa salah seorang dari mereka telah dibunuh secara keji pada malam sebelumnya. Dihadapkan pada masalah yang harus ditangani lebih cepat daripada langkah kaki si pembunuh dalam usahanya untuk menyelamatkan diri, Poirot tak mempunyai waktu lagi untuk berdiam diri.