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Death on the Nile
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Christie, Agatha

Death on the Nile / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2020

And then there were none
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And then there were none / Agatha Christie

80th anniversary ed.

London : Harper Collins, 2019

Abstract: Un gruppo di persone, tra di loro estranee, riceve l'invito del misterioso Mr Owen a recarsi per un fine settimana in una villa su un'isola. Il padrone di casa non è, però, presente ad accoglierli. Poco dopo, gli invitati cominciano ad essere assassinati uno alla volta seguendo le strofe di una filastrocca per bambini... Il capolavoro di Agatha Christie celebra il suo ottantesimo anniversario.

Murder on the Orient Express
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Christie, Agatha

Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie

Paperback edition

London : Harper Collins, 2017

Death comes as the end
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Death comes as the end / Agatha Christie

London : Harper Collins, 2017

Abstract: A novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in 2000 BCIt is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest. Young, beautiful and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake.Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household.As the wife of an eminent archaeologist, Agatha Christie took part in several expeditions to the Middle East. Drawing upon this experience and exhaustive research, she wrote this serial killer mystery laid in Egypt 4000 years ago.

The thirteen problems
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The thirteen problems / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2016

The body in the library
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The body in the library / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2016

Abstract: Agatha Christie's world-famous Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery... before tongues start to wag.

Death on the Nile
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Death on the Nile / Agatha Cristie

London : Harper, 2014

Abstract: The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: I d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger. Yet in this exotic setting nothing is ever quite what it seems.

Evil under the sun
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Evil under the sun / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2014

Abstract: Agatha Christie's exotic seaside mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun...she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent 'crime of passion' have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?

Five little pigs
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Five little pigs / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2013

Abstract: Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

Hercule Poirot's Christmas
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2013

Abstract: Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man...

And then there were none
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Hearn, Izabella

And then there were none / Agatha Christie ; retold by Izabella Hearn

Harlow : Pearson, 2011

Abstract: Ten strangers are invited to an island off the Devon coast. Most are happy to be there. But then, very soon, one of them is dead. What is happening? Is it murder? Is the killer one of them – or the mysterious Mr Owen? And are the other guests in danger too?

They do it with mirrors
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Christie, Agatha

They do it with mirrors : a Miss Marple mystery / Agatha Christie

[London] : William Morrow, 2011

The murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The murder of Roger Ackroyd : a Hercule Poirot mystery / Agatha Christie

[London] : William Morrow, 2011

The mousetrap and other plays
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The mousetrap and other plays / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2011

Abstract: For the first time in a single combined B format, a new edition of Agatha Christie's eight stage plays, published to coincide with the 60th Anniversary Year of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. THE MOUSETRAP, the longest-running play in the history of London's West End, begins its 60th Year run on 25 November 2011. This new edition of eight works show how Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, their colourful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller. THE MOUSETRAP: Cut off by snowdrifts, the owners of a new guest house encounter terror when one of their first visitors turns out to be a homicidal maniac...AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: Ten guilty people are lured to an island mansion where an unknown killer begins to exact revenge...APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH: The suffocating heat of an exotic Middle-Eastern setting provides a backdrop for murder...THE HOLLOW: Beneath their respectable surface, a set of friends realize that any one of them could be a murderer...WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION: A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial...TOWARDS ZERO: A psychopathic killer stalks unsuspecting victims in a seaside house perched high on a cliff...VERDICT: Passion and love are the deadly ingredients in this thriller in which a murder causes an unexpected chain of events...GO BACK FOR MURDER: A young woman discovers that her late mother was imprisoned for murdering her father and is determined to prove her innocence...

Death by drowning and other stories
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Death by drowning and other stories / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2003

The bloodstained pavement and other stories
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The bloodstained pavement and other stories / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2003

Witness for the prosecution and other stories
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Witness for the prosecution and other stories / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2003

Passenger to Frankfurt
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Passenger to Frankfurt / Agatha Christie

Hammersmith : Harper Collins, 2003

The hound of death
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The hound of death / Agatha Christie

London : Harper Collins, 2003

And then there were none
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And then there were none / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, c2003

Abstract: Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again...and again...