Agatha Christie
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"In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a séance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan ... dead ... murder." Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot ..."--Page 4 of...
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A most unusual series of crimes at a student hostel intrigues Inspector Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Hickory Dickory Dock, especially when a simple case of kleptomania paves the way to murder.
Hercule Poirot doesn't need all his detective skills to realize something is troubling his secretary, Miss Lemon—she has made three mistakes in a simple letter. It seems an outbreak of kleptomania at the
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251 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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When Mrs. Packington's husband begins keeping regular company with an office girl, she turns to Mr. Parker Pyne, master of the human soul, for help, in the first of a series of cases that take him from London to the Middle East.
10) Towards zero
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233 pages : map ; 21 cm
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English
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What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan -- for murder.
11) An autobiography
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xiii, 529 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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Selecciones de biblioteca oro volume 5
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240 pages ; 17 cm.
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Español
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364 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Londres, 1929. Hércules Poirot está cenando en el café Pleasant cuando una mujer irrumpe en el local y le confía que alguien está a punto de matarla. Le ruega que no investigue, pues con su muerte, dice, se habrá hecho justicia. Unas horas más tarde, tres personas son asesinadas en un elegante hotel londinense. Poirot no puede evitar involucrarse en el caso, pero, mientras él se esfuerza en ordenar todas las piezas, el asesino se prepara para...
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...