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Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries, soon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express.

Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late.

As Hercule Poirot sifts through his post one particular morning, he alights upon a letter from an elderly and (as it transpires), exceedingly rich spinster - Miss Emily Arundell.

Following an otherwise-enjoyable literary luncheon, the celebrated crime novelist Ariadne Oliver is accosted by a particularly formidable woman who engages her in conversation about one of her many

The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay facedown on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing ... she had been strangled.

An exclusive hotel on a tiny picturesque island seems to be the ideal retreat for Hercule Poirot from the stresses of criminal detection.

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other "little pigs" who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who wen

John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

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.

Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream.

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel is not normally the sort of crime that arouses Hercule Poirot's interest.

A collection of short stories about love gone horribly wrong, featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Parker Pryne, Harley Quin, and Tommy and Tuppence, that will get your heart racing.

Hercule Poirot sets off to northern France to visit a friend, only to find the same friend stabbed to death and left in a fresh grave near the golf course.

Empty-nester Anna McNichol is ready for a new life direction, but disaster strikes when her husband dies and secrets surface.

Captain Arthur Hastings was an ongoing friend and adventure companion of the often exuberant Belgian investigator.