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A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspects Nothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock. Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear. They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’. As fear spreads among the village…
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- 9780008196547
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- 234 pages.; 20 cm
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- 823.912 CHR m
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
'Key in the lock all right, sir. On the inside. Mr Ackroyd must have locked himself in,' Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew that the woman he loved had been harbouring a guilty secret - she poisoned her first husband. And yesterday she killed herself. But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her before her death? Had it really driven her to suicide? And would it all be re…
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- 9780007527526
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- 304 pages.; 17 cm
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Three Act Tragedy
Thirteen guests arrive for dinner at the house of Sir Charles Cartwright, the famous actor. To avoid bad luck, his secretary insists on making up the number to fourteen, bit its too late for one guest, who chokes to death on his apéritif... But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis, there is no trace of poison - just as Poirot had predicted. What causes the famous detective …
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- 9780008164867
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- 260 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR t
Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple's last case. The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past… Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs… In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marpl…
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- 9780008196639
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- 247 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR s
The Mystery of the Blue Train
'I want a change. To be in the midst of things - exciting things - even if I'm only the looker-on. You know, things don't happen in St Mary Mead.' When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake 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 precio…
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- 9780008129484
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- 307 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR m
They Do It With Mirrors
A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home – but someone else dies… Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gulbrandsen, is less fortunate – shot d…
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- 9780008196561
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- 218 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR t
4.50 from Paddington
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..…
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- 9780008196585
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- 281 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR f
A Murder is Announced
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…
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- 9780008196554
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- 310 pages.; 17 cm
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- 823.912 CHR m
The Murder at the Vicarage
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…
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- 9780008196516
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- 298 p.; 20 cm
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- 823.912 CHR m
A Pocket Full of Rye
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.
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- 9780008196578
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- 250 pages.; 19 cm
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- 823.912 CHR a
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