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A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ‘the typical old maid of fiction’, Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life ...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’ The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, ...

Tommy and Tuppence are restless for the excitement of their early careers.  When Mr Carter, Chief of Intelligence, asks them to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. To guarantee they can live up to their slogan, ‘Any case solved in 24 hours’, they decide to ...

Harley Quin is an enigma. Even his friend Mr. Satterthwaite can’t understand how the man seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light.  When he does appear it’s usually in the sparkle of sunshine, or surrounded by a spectrum of coloured light pouring through a stained ...

The Tuesday Night Club gathers at Miss Marple’s house where the conversation turns to unsolved crimes… As each of her guests is mystified by the sinister tales they tell one another, there is a ruthless precision in Miss Marple’s pursuit of the killers…and a few surprises in store for ‘The ...

Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation… A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ‘the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling séance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of ‘murder’; a ...

“ARE YOU UNHAPPY? IF NOT, CONSULT MR PARKER PYNE, 17 Richmond Street.” Without fail, the advert appears in the personal column of the morning paper – courtesy of the ‘heart specialist’ Mr Parker Pyne. The forlorn, the anxious, the puzzled - all have beaten a path to the small, balding ...

How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? ...

First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest… next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder… the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits… and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt ...

With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot can solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious. No sooner has he unravelled the complexities surrounding the deaths of Lord Cronshaw and the popular actress, Coco Courtenay, than he is presented with seventeen other cases ...