Henry Carter Hull

This collection of classic short mysteries by the author of The Mousetrap will have you asking, "Whodunit, howdunit, and whydunit?" At the same time every day, Jack's morning golf routine is interrupted by the sound of a woman calling for help. Though the cry is clearly coming from a nearby cottage, the lady who lives there has no distress to report--until she starts having nightmares about a mysterious woman and a blue Chinese vase. Could the cottage...

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings, solve perplexing cases of murder and deceit in this short mystery collection. One of Agatha Christie's most beloved sleuths, Hercule Poirot is the immortal protagonist of such classic mystery novels as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile . In Poirot Investigates , the first short story collection to feature the famous detective, he takes on the case of a Hollywood...

Contains nine previously uncollected short stories by mystery writer Agatha Christie including eight stories that have never been published in the United States.

Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of...

Previously published in the print anthology The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. Alicia Coombe manages her very smart dressmaking business with the help of her young assistant, Sybil. One day, a doll appears in the shop -- a floppy, long-legged doll that sits itself on the best sofa. But where did it come from, and why does it appear to watch them?

Previously published in the print anthology The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Diamond merchant Isaac Pointz and his guests come ashore at Dartmouth to enjoy the fair after the yacht races. Over dinner, young Eve Leathern bets she can make Pointz's famous diamond, the Morning Star, disappear right at the table. When the girl does exactly that, she discovers she has made the priceless gem disappear more completely than she had intended. Fortunately,...

Agatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead.

Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are

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