Agatha Christie
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xi, 259 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"At a Halloween party, Joyce -- a surly thirteen-year-old -- boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Famed detective Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate. Set against a night of trickery and the occult, it's up to Poirot to uncover the real evil presence responsible for this ghastly deed."--Amazon.
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English
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"It's December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday, when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edward's mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while he solves the case. As Poirot digs into the mystery, he discovers...
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ix, 255 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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A summer-themed collection of mysteries features Agatha Christie's most famous characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The stories were originally published in the 1920s and 1930s; the Introduction was originally published in 1977.
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5 videodiscs (900 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Français
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In Agatha Christie's Criminal Games: The '70s, the newest French TV adaptation of her novels, collars are wide, sunglasses are huge, and flares are everywhere. Captain Annie Gréco is the Lille police department's first female captain, and chauvinism is ever present even as she runs circles around her hapless male underlings. She's partnered with the unlikely Max Beretta, who was marooned in the archives after some hothead behavior following a perceived...
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.