Agatha: 605 books

A classic Agatha Christie mystery featuring legendary detective, Hercule Poirot.

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Double Clue,” Poirot investigates the robbery of a collection of medieval jewelry from the safe of a dealer. Since the theft occurred during a dinner party, the suspects could be any of the guests. But which one? This short story originally appeared in the December 5, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

An Endearing Read-To-Me Children’s Book   Mebo wants to join the butterflies, birds, and balloons in the sky. But, first Mebo has to learn how to fly. In this colorful and endearing read-to-me children’s book, Mebo the blue panda looks, thinks, and dreams a little different than...

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company on 19 June 1926. It is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead...

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Lemesurier Inheritance,” Poirot and Hastings are asked to keep an eye on the heir of a Northumberland estate. The house, thought to be cursed since the middle ages is the locale of several recent near-death accidents for the young boy and rumors of the...

An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Parker Pyne is on holiday at the Hotel Pino D’Oro on the island of Mallorca. Unfortunately also staying at the hotel are two fellow British guests, Mrs. Adela Chester and her dutiful young son, Basil....

Silhouette ronde et joviale, moustaches cirées, œil vif et cellules grises en activité constante, Hercule Poirot, réfugié en Angleterre pendant la guerre, décide de s’y établir et devient détective privé. Né de l’imagination d’Agatha Christie, il apparaît dans une quarantaine de romans...

And There I Was is a tale of a life spent exploring the world. Agatha Patane was one of the first Lady Marines, wife of a member of the Army Attach, and, in the golden years of her life, a noted world traveler. Her journeys will take you to far and distant lands, unlock the true meaning of a rich life, and maybe even inspire you to set out on an adventure of your own.

This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of World War I, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921. The US edition...

This seventh edition of 'Grant and Temperley' has been comprehensively revised and rewritten by the distinguished historian Agatha Ramm. Its coverage has been greatly extended , and it now appears in two volume. This, volume one, covers the nineteenth century 1789-1905 and the second the period 1905-1970.

Quando mr. Hastings encontra seu velho conhecido John Cavendish casualmente e aceita seu convite para passar uma temporada na enorme e isolada casa de campo de Styles, não imagina a misteriosa trama que o espera. Mrs. Emily Inglethorp, madrasta de John e Laurence Cavendish, herdou a propriedade de...

This is the first analysis of periodicals’ key role in U.S. feminism’s formation as a collective identity and set of political practices in the 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, more than five hundred different feminist newsletters and newspapers were published in the United States. Agatha Beins shows...

Citoyen belge réfugié en Angleterre pendant la guerre, Hercule Poirot décide de s’y établir et devient détective privé. Né de l’imagination d’Agatha Christie, il apparaît dès son premier roman en 1920 : La Mystérieuse Affaire de Styles, et traverse l’œuvre de l’auteur pour mourir...