Masterpieces of Murder: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution, Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
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"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" -- Village rumor hints that Mrs. Ferrars poisoned her husband, but no one is sure. Then there's another victim in a chain of death. Unfortunately for the killer, master sleuth Hercule Poirot takes over the investigation. "And Then There Were None" -- Ten strangers are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts, and one by one they die. "Death on the Nile" -- Linnet and her show more new husband take a cruise on the Nile, where they meet the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. It should be an idyllic trip, yet Poirot has a vague, uneasy feeling that something is dangerously amiss. show lessTags
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- Dieci piccoli indiani (finito)
- L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd
- Assassinio sull'Orient-Express
- Istantanea di un delitto
- Dieci piccoli indiani (finito)
- L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd
- Assassinio sull'Orient-Express
- Istantanea di un delitto
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One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England. She wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, launching a literary career that spanned decades. In her lifetime, she authored 79 crime novels and a short story collection, 19 show more plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language with another billion in 44 foreign languages. Some of her most famous titles include Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery of the Blue Train, And Then There Were None, 13 at Dinner and The Sittaford Mystery. Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Masterpieces of Murder: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution, Death on the Nile
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- Masterpieces of Murder
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- Hercule Poirot; James Sheppard (Doctor); Caroline Sheppard
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- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd:
Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September--a Thursday.
And Then There Were None:
In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in the Times.
The Witness for the Prosecution:
Mr. Mayherne adjusted his pince-nez and cleared his throat with a little dry-as-dust cough that was wholly typical of him.
Death on the Nile:
"Linnet Ridgeway!" - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Murder of Roger Ackroyd:
But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And Then There Were None:
And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island. Signed,
Lawrence Wargrave
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Witness for the Prosecution:
"I knew--he was guilty!"
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Death on the Nile:
For, as Mr. Ferguson was saying at that minute in Luxor, it is not the past that matters but the future. - Disambiguation notice
- Includes The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, The Witness for the Prosecution, and Death on the Nile.
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