A typist uncovers a man's body from behind the sofa… As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o'clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house
At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub ➤ подробнее about Hallowe’en Party.
When nurse Amy Leatheran agrees to look after American archaeologist Dr Leidner's wife Louise at a dig near Hassanieh she finds herself taking on more than just nursing duties - she also has to help solve murders ➤ подробнее about Murder in Mesopotamia.
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A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination… Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion ➤ подробнее about The Big Four?
'Doubtless le bon Dieu knows what he does. But it is odd that he should have permitted himself to fashion certain human beings.' How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple ➤ подробнее about Murder in the Mews?
On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course ➤ подробнее about The Murder on the Links.