Resultados para "Hercules" en Novela negra

لم يحتج هيركيول بوارو لكل مهاراته البوليسية لادراك أن هناك شيئا ما يزعج سكرتيرته الآنسة ليمون، فقد اقترفت ثلاثة أخطاء بخطاب بسيط للغاية، يبدو أن انتشار هوس السرقة ببيت الطالبات الذي تعمل به شقيقتها يشتت انتباه مساعدته هذه المعروفة بكفاءتها، ونظراً لأن الفترات اليائسة تستدعي اجراءات يائسة من وجهة نظره يوافق المحقق العظيم على اجراء التحقيق، يبدو أن بوارو لم يكن على دراية بأن اليأس هو الدافع المشترك بينه وبين القاتل .

Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious. In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. Inspector Japp summons Poirot to a London house where Guy Fawkes’ Night fireworks appear to have drowned out the noise of a young widow shooting herself through her left temple. But the pistol is in her...

Agatha Christie’s third book and second Hercule Poirot mystery with Captain Hasting set in Belgium. One of the most underrated Agatha book, full of fun, intrigue, romance, and more. A largely unexpected jewel.

Tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee has been estranged from most of his family for years. But now, on Christmas Eve, the old man calls them all together once more. Unable to disobey, the children gather uneasily and wonder what their father's intentions are. Does he want to clear up past...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A draughty manor house is far from Poirot's idea of the best place to spend Christmas, but an interesting case involving a jewel robbery tempts him away from his cosy London apartment to the wild...

Pretty Lily Margrave is not convinced that Hercule Poirot is needed in the matter of Sir Atwell’s murder. At the request of her employer, Lady Atwell, she has already recounted what happened ten days ago in the Tower Room, and the victim’s nephew has been charged with the murder...

Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs. Opalsen, the great detective relates his experiences in cases which have concerned some of the...

In this breathtaking Agatha Christie mystery, the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she’s a murderer and then disappears. The masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane. Three young...

Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time" Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal...

In Agatha Christie’s classic puzzler Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs...

In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary...

In Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise. Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky...

When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man’s Folly, a classic from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie. Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel...

Hercule Poirot ermittelt in seinem zweiten Fall. Hercule Poirot kommt zu spät! Kaum erreicht ihn ein Hilferuf von Paul Renauld aus Frankreich, macht er sich mit Colonel Hastings sofort auf den Weg. Doch findet er nur noch die Leiche des Gutsbesitzers in einem frisch geschaufelten Grab auf dem Golfplatz - mit einem Messer im Rücken. Poirot wäre nicht Poirot würde er nicht die nebulöse Vergangenheit des Toten durchleuchten und bald der Polizei einen Mörder präsentieren.

Hercule Poirot und ein Foxterrier auf der Suche nach dem Mörder. Wenn Hercule Poirot auf seinen Freund Hastings gehört hätte, wäre Emily Arundells Brief in den Papierkorb gewandert. Doch eine Kleinigkeit fällt dem belgischen Meisterdetektiv auf und er eilt sofort zu seiner neuen Klientin. Diese ist in der Zwischenzeit verstorben und Poirot findet nur noch die Hinterbliebenen vor. Einzig der Hund trauert seiner toten Herrin nach, die Familie beklagt die entgangene Erbschaft.

Miss Marple und Hercule Poirot ermitteln in voller Länge. Mit dem Sommerurlaub von Hercule Poirot wird es wohl nichts: Arlena Marshall, die ebenso berühmte wie kapriziöse Schauspielerin, wird in seinem Feriendomizil ermordet. Nur einer der anderen Gäste kann der Mörder sein, und bevor alle abreisen, muss Hercule Poirot seine kleinen grauen Zellen mächtig anstrengen, um den Täter zu überführen.

Just as World War I is drawing to an end, the prime minister is kidnapped. It is down to Hercule Poirot to locate him before a crucial conference, to avert an international crisis...

A young banker is suspected of stealing one million dollars in Liberty Bonds on a transatlantic journey to New York, and appeals to Hercule Poirot to clear his name. Poirot learns the identities of the three people who hold keys to the locked trunk, but it won't be as easy to identify the true...

There’s a fine art to murder… Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning Penrith Village Hall into a cultural...