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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter, with the language targeted at learners of English.

Disgraced Detective Dave Slater is stuck on gardening leave, down in the quiet Hampshire town of Tinton, with just one last chance to redeem himself. He must search for mousy young journalist Ruth Thornhill. Months ago, she vanished from her home, her London job, her life. But the Met don't want to know. Now Slater's boss slips him the file, asking him to investigate discreetly, with the help of an unlikely new assistant. Bedraggled fifty-something Detective Norman Norman.

Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son. Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy. Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother.

Den ökände seriemördaren Joe Middleton, i media mer känd som Karvaren, har äntligen gripits och Christchurchs invånare kan äntligen andas ut. Men, enligt Karvaren själv har han inte dödat någon. Han kallar sig för Offret Joe och i väntan på att bli ställd inför rätta gör han allt han kan för att övertyga psykiatrikerna om att han inte var vid sina sinnes fulla bruk vid dåden, i hopp om att undvika dödsstraff, vilket är på väg att återinföras i Nya Zeeland. Det faktum att Joe sitter fängslad, gör dock inte att han sitter säkert.

A lavish weekend party, a practical joke that goes murderously wrong, and stolen state secrets all transpire in The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie. Full of her usual sly wit this clever murder mystery is a classic detective story featuring some of the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent, Lord Caterham, Bill Eversleigh, George Lomax, Tredwell, and Superintendent Battle.

"Estudio en escarlata" es la primera historia del legendario detective Sherlock Holmes y de su amigo, el doctor Watson, un cirujano militar que regresa a Londres tras su participación en la guerra. Watson y Holmes se mudan al famoso número 221B de Baker Street, donde Watson se enfrenta a las excentricidades de Holmes y a su mágica habilidad para la deducción.

This classic by Agatha Christie is a wonderful swashbuckling listen as only she could write. An American Heiress gets murdered on the the "Blue Train" and an exciting whodunnit follows. Besides the murder, jewels get stolen, and the intrepid investigator Hercule Poirot must make sense of everything in his own methodical and effective way!

1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library.

Ce recueil de 12 nouvelles captivantes dévoile les exploits inégalés du génie de la déduction, Sherlock Holmes, et de son fidèle compagnon, le Dr John Watson. Ensemble, ils se lancent dans une série de mystères intrigants et de crimes apparemment insolubles, naviguant à travers les rues sombres et les somptueuses demeures de l'Angleterre victorienne.

The Detective Novels Collection is a stunning collection of 8 classic detective novels and stories, read by three award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; AA Milne; Edgar Allan Poe; Josephine Tey; and Freeman Crofts Wills.

While visiting his old friend Flambeau, Father Brown attempts to explain to an inquisitive American the 'secret' of his detective method, by means of eight stories of crime, murder, and obsession, including: a poet accused of the murder of a magistrate; stolen jewels and stolen fish; a theatre manager dead in a locked room; a mourner shut away in a castle; and the case of the worst crime in the world.

The murder of the young princes in the Tower of London in 1483 is the most notorious crime in English royal history. The prime suspect has long been Richard III, portrayed as a monster by everyone from early propagandists writing immediately after Richard’s death to Shakespeare himself. In this, the book repeatedly voted one of the best mystery novels of all time, queen of Golden Age crime Josephine Tey tackles the question of Richard’s guilt via her own celebrated detective.

Получив отчаянный призыв о помощи от французского мультимиллионера Поля Рено, Эркюль Пуаро и его давний приятель Гастингс - немедленно отправляются в путь. Однако, когда они прибывают во Францию, месье Рено уже лежит в свежевырытой могиле посреди поля для гольфа - с ножом в спине. Полиция считает, что в деле замешана супруга убитого, ведь незадолго до трагедии Рено изменил свое завещание и теперь женщина становится наследницей огромного состояния. Но Эркюль Пуаро знает, что поиски убийцы только начались...

A puzzling publishing murder attracts the eye of Ellery Queen. Mandarin Press is a premier publishing house for foreign literature, but to those at the top of this enterprise, there is little more beautiful than a rare stamp. As Donald Kirk, publisher and philatelist, prepares his office for a banquet, an unfamiliar man comes to call. No one recognizes him, but Kirk’s staff is used to strange characters visiting their boss, so Kirk’s secretary asks him to wait in the anteroom.

Sumérgete en un cautivador misterio con el audiolibro dramatizado de Motivo u Oportunidad de Agatha Christie. El abogado Mr. Petherick se enfrenta a un enigma intrigante cuando su cliente, el anciano y adinerado Simon Clode, decide cambiar su testamento a favor de la misteriosa médium Eurydice Spragg. Poco después, Clode muere, y al abrir el testamento, descubren que ha sido reemplazado por una hoja en blanco. ¿Quién tuvo la oportunidad y el motivo para hacerlo? Miss Marple, la sagaz y observadora detective amateur, escucha la historia y aplica su astuta mente para desenmarañar el complejo rompecabezas.

As the residents of Miracle Springs, North Carolina, select their costumes, plan parties, and get excited for a night of tricks or treats, Nora joins in on the festivities by hosting medium memoirist Lara Luz at the bookstore. Charismatic and compelling, Lara mesmerizes the audience with her life story. Struck by a bolt of lightning as a child, she was pronounced dead only to be resurrected with the ability to connect with those on the other side.

Richard Hannay is bored—until his neighbor shows up with a wild story of espionage, an impending war, and a mysterious organization called the 39 Steps. Hours later, the man is dead, and Hannay is the prime suspect. Framed for murder and hunted by both the police and a deadly network of spies, Hannay races across the Scottish countryside, decoding clues, dodging capture, and trying to stop a conspiracy that threatens the fate of Britain itself. Fast-paced, sharp, and endlessly gripping, The 39 Steps is the original man-on-the-run thriller—a template for everything from Hitchcock to Bond.

Inglaterra, 1914. El capitán Hastings se recupera en Styles Court, una elegante mansión campestre donde la aparente calma se rompe con un crimen atroz: la matriarca Emily Inglethorp es asesinada. Todos son sospechosos: su esposo, sus hijastros, su protegida y su amiga de confianza. Hastings recurre al único que puede resolver el misterio: el brillante detective belga Hercule Poirot, quien desentrañará la verdad con su aguda lógica y estilo impecable.

Arsène Lupin erhält erneut einen anonymen Brief mit einem Auftrag. Diesmal soll er einen mit Edelsteinen verzierten Dolch aus dem Mittelalter stehlen, der sich im Besitz des skrupellosen Unternehmers Mateo de Mevand befindet. Lupin kundschaftet das in Fontainebleau gelegene Herrenhaus des Unternehmers aus und stellt fest, dass dort Vorbereitungen für einen Maskenball getroffen werden. Lupin hält das für eine günstige Gelegenheit, den Dolch zu stehlen. Doch der Meisterdieb ist nicht der Einzige, der Interesse an dem Dolch zeigt.

Leichenfund am Themseufer. Der Tote ist ein gewisser Harry Stanton. Ein Mann mit zweifelhaftem Ruf. So weit, so schlimm. Für Scotland Yard ein Routinefall. Tod durch Ertrinken. Sherlock Holmes jedoch sieht das anders. Denn er kannte Stanton. Und nicht nur ihn. Er kennt auch dessen Mörder. Und er weiß, dass die Tat bereits vor acht Jahren verübt wurde. Wie kann das sein? Eine Verwechslung? Der Meisterdetektiv nimmt die Ermittlungen auf.