Agatha Christie anyone?

[leelou]

nag-resurrect ba?

[fatalframeaddict]

Super super love Hercule Poirot. Too bad my tome of Hercule Poirot's stories (Hardbound and old) got Ondoy-ed. :'(

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
216 pages
copyright 1997
ISBN 1-56895-625-8


BLACK COFFEE - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is regarded by generations of fans as the greatest mystery writer of all time, and her novels are read and cherished the world over.

Now, in the first novel to appear in over twenty years, perhaps Christie's most famous and beloved detective, Hercule Poirot, returns to bring his "little grey cells" to bear on one more case. In the spring of 1934, Poirot is summoned to Surrey by England's most prominent physicist, Sir Claud Amory. Amory fears that someone in his household is attempting to steal his latest discovery, a formula critical to England's defense. Poirot, with Captain Hastings at his side, rushes to Surrey but arrives too late. Amory has died, his formula is missing, and anyone in this country house, full of relatives and guests, could have been responsible.

Originally written by Agatha Christie in 1930 as a three-act play, now adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne (an expert on Christie's life and work as well as a world-renowned theater and opera critic) , Black Coffee is classic Christie at its finest, sure to delight newcomers and devotees alike.

1. Lucia Amory is daughter of Selma Goetz, a successful international spy.
2. Dr. Carelli was blackmailing Lucia.
3. Edward Raynor is the murderer of Claud Amory.
4. The vase of spills on the mantelpiece is where the formula was kept.
5. Motive for killing was money; weapon: poison: Hyoscine.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
250 pages
copyright 1937
ISBN 0-425-09854-0

DUMB WITNESS - AGATHA CHRISTIE




The letter requesting the renowned detective's services arrived too late --- one month after the sender's demise. But a client was a client, and Hercule Poirot was determine to get to the bottom of the mystery. Why had Emily Arundell believed her life was in danger? And why had the old lady revised her will only days before her death? Poirot faces one of the most unusual challenges of his career as he tires to determine which of the victim's disgruntled relatives did not have a motive for murder.

1. Nail was driven into the skirting board so a thread could be attached.
2. Phosphorous poisoning = luminous ribbon from mouth.
3. T.A. brooch = mirror image
4. Arabella Tanios dead = overdose of sleeping draught = chloral
5. Arabella Tanios killed Emily Arundell

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
277 pages
copyright 1938
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-97982-9
ISBN-10: 0-312-97982-7

MURDER IS EASY



It was just Luke Fitzwilliam's luck to be stuck next to a dotty old woman like Miss Fullerton on the London-bound train --- although he found himself quite entertained with her tall tales about a series of perfect murders in the quaint village of Wychwood. But when he reads the next day of the freak accident that killed her, too, Fitzwillaim's amusement turns to grave concern. A visit to the isolated village confirms his worst fears. For Wychwood seems to be divided by an eccentric lot of locals: those who are in on a dark and dangerous secret -- and those who don't live long enough to share it.

1. Honoria Waynflete, jilted lover of Lord Gordon Easterfield, wanted to take revenge of him, taking blames for crimes of which he was innocent.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
317 pages
copyright 1928
ISBN 10:1-57912-695-2
ISBN 13:978-1-57912-695-7

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Hercule Poirot is en route from Calais to Nice on the Blue Train when he finds himself at the center of a vexing crime. A young American woman, Ruth Van Aldin Kettering, is found brutally murdered on board the train. The killer is still at large, and it is up to Poirot to pick him or her out among a cast of suspicious characters. among them are Ruth's husband, Derek Kettering, to whom she is unhappily married, and an exotic dancer with a taste for a man like Derek.

As he pursues the killer, Poirot encounters several passengers with a keen interest in a large, legendary ruby the Ruth possessed, a gift form her wealthy father. it's a race against the clock for the charming detective in this stylish, fast-paced mystery with dozens of twists and and ending that is but impossible to predict.

1. Major Richard Knighton is M. Le Marquis
2. Ada Mason is Kitty Kidd.
3. They worked together in the murder of Ruth.

[ScribblerGeek]

I'd read a lot of Agatha Christie in high school. I love Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, too. Her best book for me is that one with the narrator as the murderer. I can't remember the title, though. My copy of that is back in our home province. I'll just check it out the next chance i'll have...

That's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", one of the best that I have read alongside "The Murder in The Orient Express"

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
252 pages
copyright 2007
first published 1932
ISBN ISBN13: 9781579127374




A vacation at the Majestic Hotel in the Cornish countryside is just what Hercule Poirot thinks he needs...until he meets Nick Buckley, the lovely young mistress and End House. When several near-death accidents befall Nick in a short period of time, Poirot suspects foul play. It's a race against the clock to protect Nick from the next and possibly fatal blow, and find out who, or what, is behind her bad luck.

1. Nick Buckley and her "accidents" are staged by her.
2. Nick Buckely also known as Magdala Buckley kills her cousin Maggie Buckley (also Magdala Buckley)
3. Nick Buckley then pretends that she is engaged to Michael Seton, who upon his uncle's death will inherit a substantial inheritance.
4. Mrs Croft forges the will of Nick Buckley naming her as heir.
5. Letter posted by Maggie before her death ...clue that Nick already sent a previous request for her to visit...hence no necessity for the wire.
6. The wristwatch contained cocaine.
7. Fredericka Rice is married to a drug addict; the guy who blackmails her
8. $50 dollar offer for painting worth $20: so, Nick Buckley wouldn't again have a painting value in case Lazarus offers a price.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
266 pages
copyright 1933,1934
copyright renewed 1960,1961
ISBN 9781579126230

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Renowned as Agatha Christie's most famous mystery, Murder on the Orient Express was inspired by two real-life crimes and by the author's own experience of being marooned on the fabled luxury train during Christmas of 1931.

While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private compartment. Incredibly, that compartment is locked from the inside. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board! Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian inspector Hercule Poirot is also on board, having booked the last available berth. He launches an immediate and urgent investigation into this vexing crime --- for which each of the thirteen other passengers seems to have a motive.

1. M. Ratchett stabbed 12 times.
2. M. Ratchett aka Cassetti was behind the Daisy Armstrong kidnapping and death.
3. 12 people acting as jury exacting justice.
4. Only person not having participated in the actual killing is Countess Andrenyi.
5. 13 suspects were all related to Mr and Mrs. Armstrong's household.
6. Red herring of time on watch and the red kimono.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
217 pages
copyright 1934
ISBN 0-425-09180-5

THREE ACT TRAGEDY - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Act One: Fourteen guests have arrived for a lavish feast at Sir Charles Cartwright's handsome estate overlooking the sea. Among those assembled is the estimable sleuth Hercule Poirot.

Act Two: The local rector partakes of a predinner cocktail and promptly drops to the floor. dead. But his martini glass bears traces of only that --- an excellent, and very dry, martini.

Act Three: If a poison did the rector what was it that had been poisoned? Who's next? who in the Loomouth manor is turning an in intimate dinner party into a ghastly crime scene?

Leave it to Poirot to bring down the finale.

1. 1st murder = Stephen Babbington = nicotine in a cocktail
2. 2nd murder = Dr. Bartholomew Strange = nicotine in a glass of port.
3. 3rd murder = Mrs. Rushbridger = nicotine in a box of chocolates.
4. Charles Cartwright is the murderer.
5. Ellis the butler is Sir Charles Cartwright;Bartholomew Strange knew of the impersonation.
6. The clue of the birthmark on Ellis noticed by Ms. Wills ; Charles Cartwright had the same one.
7. 1st murder = dress rehearsal motive
8. 2nd murder = motive of fear; Dr. Strange new of the breakdown
9. 3rd murder = red herring ; Mrs Rushbridger had nothing to do with the crimes.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
228 pages
copyright 1935
ISBN:978-0-425-09914-8

DEATH IN THE CLOUDS - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Twenty-one people have boarded the Prometheus at France's Le Bourget airport for a routine, one-day flight to London. But what begins as an ordinary excursion over the English Channel turns into a most extraordinary case of murder when a female passenger is shot with the venom tipped dart of a South African blowpipe. Even more bizarre is that the killing could go completely unnoticed by any other passengers --- including Hercule Poirot, the brilliant Belgian detective, sitting not fifteen feet from the victim.

1. Madame Morisot aka Madame Giselle; moneylender; murder by poison (snake venom ); blowpipe found; flight from Paris to Croydon;wasp
2. Norman Gale aka James Richards is the murderer ; Anne Morisot (heir of deceased), maid of Lady Horbury, marries Gale and both execute wills leaving all one had to the other; kills Anne Morisot with prussic acid administered by force.
3. Blowpipe was meant to be found.
4. When coffee was served; Mr. Gale went to washroom, put in linen coat; hurried down gangway to Giselle's table and thrust the poisoned thorn and let the wasp escape from the match box.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
338 pages
copyright 1935
ISBN:0-425-20049-3

THE A.B.C. MURDERS - AGATHA CHRISTIE


A --- my name is Alice and I come from Andover

She is the killer's first victim: Alice Ascher from Andover. And next to her corpse is a spellbinding clue that's as simple as ABC.

It appears that an anonymous serial killer plans to knock off his victims one-by-one, A through Z. What's more, he's daring one authority in particular to catch him: a master detective named Hercule Poirot. Alphabetically speaking, Poirot fears that it's now a matter of one down, twenty-five to go...

1. Alice Ashcer; Andover
2. Betty Barnard; Bexhill
3. Carmichael Clarke; Churston
4. Skips letter D; George Earsfield; Dorcaster
5. Supposed victim Roger Emmanuel Downes
6. A.B.C = Alexander Bonaparte Cust
7. Real killer Franklin Clarke; brother of Carmichael Clarke

[i.am.sceptique]

I'd like to think that Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was uber popular amongst her detective novels it actually influenced budding novelists/book writers/crime writers of the last century. PROOF: It's actually noted on Elise Title's No Right Turn (and eventually made me curious to seek who Agatha Christie is...

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
213 pages
copyright 1937; 1959
ISBN: 0-425-10567-9

CARDS ON THE TABLE - AGATHA CHRISTIE



It was the match-up of the century. Four sleuths --- Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, Colonel Race of his Majesty's Secret Service, and in the incomparable Hercule Poirot --- invited to play bridge with four specifically invited rivals, each of whom had once gotten away with murder. For the host it was irresistible entertainment --- until his won murder became part of the game. Now it is up to Poirot to play his hand and decipher one of Agatha Christie's most ingeniously plotted puzzles.

1. Mr. Shaitana killed with a stiletto.
2. Anne Meredith a kleptomaniac.
3. Mrs Lorrimer tells Poirot she killed Shaitana; Poirot knows it to be a lie.
4. Mrs. Lorrimer then says she saw Anne Meredith.
5. Mrs Lorrimer is found dead; apparent suicide; 3 letters addressed to the others.
6. Anne Meredith planned to killed Rhoda Dawes; the latter knew of what happened at Combacre; the death of Mrs. Benson; hat paint swallowed
7. Anne Meredith drowns
8. Dr. Roberts killed Mr. Shaitana and the Craddock spouses.

[NeoXGarde]

I'm really devastated. ^_^ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the only AC novel that is included in the list of 1001 books you must read before you die list. How i wish i was spoiled on other AC novels but not on this one, it pains me to read every word with the revelation. Reading this one is like reading it for the second time, it's useless. Oh well, i just want the comment to be change for i'll pity any reader who suffers the same as i do. ^_^ Thanks guys. No hard feelings, really. ^_^

[ScribblerGeek]

^oohh... hi NeoXGarde who released that list?

[NeoXGarde]

Oh, hello. The list of 1001 books you must read before you die is For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others. Addictive, browsable, knowledgeable—1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die will be a boon companion for anyone who loves good writing and an inspiration for anyone who is just beginning to discover a love of books. Each entry is accompanied by an authoritative yet opinionated critical essay describing the importance and influence of the work in question. Also included are publishing history and career details about the authors, as well as reproductions of period dust jackets and book designs.

New York times, Time magazine and other pioneer critics and writers have carefully selected each entry. I'ts a huge 900+ encyclopedia-like book. Luckily, I have a copy. ^_^

If you want to check out the list, try visiting my blog. I'll upload the list for you, you might also want to check my review on every entry I've read. I'm trying to include it in my hobby that to always read an entry.

http://marcothebookeater.wordpress.com/

I've also captured photos of my actual copy once i finished reading one, you check it here. I hope my album's not private on facebook unless you have to add me. ^_^

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...417.1146335330

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
226 pages
copyright
ISBN: 13-9780425104354

MURDER IN THE MEWS - AGATHA CHRISTIE



What clues to a man's death are reflected in the broken fragments of a shattered mirror? How could a woman commit suicide by holding a gun in her right hand to shoot herself in the left temple? What connection is there between stolen, confidential documents and bizarre rumours of ghostly apparitions? Who turned a holiday love triangle into a violent act of criminal passions? The questions are posed by the ingenious A.C. The clues are left to H.P. The solutions are "not only unpexpected...but unpredictable

* 4 short stories

DEAD MAN'S MIRROR
1. Sir Gervase Chevenix Gore murdered; not suicide; broken mirror
2. Suspicion on Ruth
3. Miss Lingard, mother of Ruth, perpetrator; set of footprints erased

THE INCREDIBLE THEFT
1. Missing bomber plans
2. No ghost; Reggie Carrington kissed the maid.
3. Sir Carrington stole papers; hid it in Mrs. Vanderlyn's dressing case.
4. Mrs. Vanderlyn hands letter disguised as an unposted letter of her own.

MURDER IN THE MEWS
1. Suicide; Jane Planderleith stages the scene to pin it to Major Eustace who has been blackmailing Barbara Allen;
2. Mrs. Allen left handed; golf clubs were Mrs. Allen's ; Jane diverts attention to the brief case.

TRIANGLE OF RHODES
1. Pink gin kills Valentine Dacres
2. Douglas Gold arrested; found in his possession a packet of stropanthin.
3. Real killer; husband of Valentine Dacres, General Tony Carrington.
4. Tony Carrington and Marjorie Gold planned the killing , former bored with Valentine and married her for her money; Made to believe that Douglas was in love with Valentine.

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
256 pages
first published 1939
published 2007
ISBN 13: 9781579126926

APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH



When Ms. Boynton is found dead of poisoning, there are so many suspects that it is nearly impossible to determine who might have been responsible. Only Hercule Poirot has the keenness of mind to untangle the stories of each individual and determine the true killer.A brilliant psychological mystery sprinkled with her trademark sardonic humor, Appointment With Death is pure Agatha Christie at her best

1. Hercule Poirot overhears "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed....uttered by Raymond and Carol Boynton.
2. Sarah confronts Mrs. Boynton and the latter replies I never forget. Remember that. I've never forgotten anything --- not an action, not a name, not a face
3. Mrs. Boynton dead; hypodermic mark on wrist; digitalis.
4. Missing hypodermic syringe from Doctor Gerard's room.
5. Murderer is Lady Westholme; dressed as an Arab; was a criminal and served prison sentence where Mrs. Boynton was a wardress; kills herself before being exposed.

[C.I.C.C.I]

paperback
257 pages
original copyright 1938
ISBN 0-425-17741-6


HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS - AGATHA CHRISTIE



Simon Lee, the master of Gorston Hall, has seen to it that creatures will indeed be stirring at his isolated estate this season. The aging millionaire has invited his relatives for a holiday getaway of fun and games -- and the greedy pack of sycophants are going to get exactly what they deserve. It begins with a few minor alterations in his will. It ends with a wailing scream and a deathly gurgle. His own. The question isn't who had reason to slash Simeon's throat, but rather how could the grisly crime have occurred in his bedroom, locked from the inside? Now another guest has arrived at Gorston Hall. And this one has a gift for detection.

1. Victim: Simeon Lee; severed jugular vein; missing uncut diamond
stones.
2. Investigating officer, Superintendent Sugden is murderer; illegitimate son of Simeon Lee.
3. Similarities of appearance of Harry Lee and Sugden to Simeon....comment of Pilar "you look like him"
4. Pilar Estravador is not granddaughter ; represented herself as such ; Stephen Farr is not son of partner of Simeon; he is actually Stephen Grant and another illegitimate son.
5. Comment of blood everywhere; a sound of pig....sponge bag "dying pigs" and small wooden peg...bottle of animal blood added to sodium citrate
6. Diamonds recovered in the sink garden.