The Seven Dials Mystery

The Seven Dials Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9789394752252

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words 'Seven Dials' were to take on a new and chilling significance...

The Secret of Chimneys

The Secret of Chimneys
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2024-10-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9363185001

'The Secrets of Chimneys' by Agatha Christie is a classic mystery novel that unfolds against the backdrop of an English country estate called Chimneys. The story follows the protagonist, Anthony Cade, who becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and deception. The Narrative kicks off when Anthony Cade, a charming but down-on-his-luck adventurer, is approached by a friend, Jimmy McGrath, to help deliver a political document to the English government. The Secrets of Chimneys is a masterfully crafted mystery novel that keeps readers guessing until the very end. With its intricate plot and cleverly concealed clues, the novel showcases Christie's unparalleled skill as the queen of crime fiction.

Penny Plain

Penny Plain
Author: O. Douglas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1920
Genre: Domestic fiction
ISBN:

The Cinderella story of Jean Jardine, a Scottish girl raising her younger brothers on her own... until a mysterious stranger asks for her hospitality. Part romance, part family story, and part small town semi-satire.

Towards Zero

Towards Zero
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062006762

One of Agatha Christie’s own ten favorite novels, Towards Zero puts Superintendent Battle and Inspector Leach on the case as they investigate the murder of an elderly widow. 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.

Murder, She Said: The Quotable Miss Marple

Murder, She Said: The Quotable Miss Marple
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008356343

Did you know that one of the world’s sharpest and most forensic minds inhabited the persona of an attractive old lady, with pink cheeks and blue eyes, and a gentle, rather fussy manner? Discover the secrets of Miss Marple in this gorgeous book of her quotes and sayings, and an essay by Agatha Christie appearing for the first time in any book!

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007111509

The Famous Volume Of Tommy & Tuppence Linked Short Stories, Reissued In A New Look To Coincide With The Brand New Series Of Tommy & Tuppence Bbc Movies. Tommy And Tuppence Beresford Were Restless For Adventure, So When They Were Asked To Take Over Blunt S International Detective Agency, They Leapt At The Chance. After Their Triumphant Recovery Of A Pink Pearl, Intriguing Cases Kept On Coming Their Way: A Stabbing On Sunningdale Golf Course; Cryptic Messages In The Personal Columns Of Newspapers; And Even A Box Of Poisoned Chocolates.

The Complete Superintendent Battle

The Complete Superintendent Battle
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1800
Release: 2003-01
Genre: Battle, Superintendent (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780007136797

A slipcase containing five classic Agatha Christie novels, all sporting the stunning '21st Century' Christie livery and featuring the redoubtable Superintendent Battle. Superintendent Battle's impassive expression misleads many new aquantances into underestimating the determined lawman -- but it is not nothing that one of Scotland Yard's finest detectives is assigned the most volatile and mysterious cases of murder. In his first adventure, The Secret of Chimneys, the Superintendent is concerned with a missing packet of letters -- and their vital connection to murder and control of the throne of Herzoslovakia. In The Seven Dials Mystery Battle returns to Chimneys, the sprawling country house with a dark secret, to investigate the existence of a secret organisation and the numerous deaths linked to it. Cards on the Table is considered the best of Christie's 'closed-door' murders and centres on an evening of Bridge with four successful murderers and four crime experts. It's up to the Superintendent and Hercule Poirot to discover who exactly killed the host -- and why. The quiet, English, rural village depicted in Murder is Easy is shocked by a series of brutal murders -- and Superinte

The Seven Dials Mystery

The Seven Dials Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1991
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780061002755

A lovely weekend in the country turns macabre when a houseguest is found dead from an overdose of sleeping medication. On the mantel, seven clocks are lined up, all ticking ominously.

The Seven Dials Mystery

The Seven Dials Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2010-02-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062006746

A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words "Seven Dials" were to take on a new and chilling significance. . . .

The Seven Dials Mystery

The Seven Dials Mystery
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1986
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9780553350517

In a suicide's room, seven clocks tick ominously, and the last words of a dying friend are "seven dials." The enigmatic sevens lead Jimmy Thesiger and his dashing cohort "Bundle" Brent to a Soho club. There they learn of the Seven Dials Society: seven masked conspirators who meet in a secret room to talk about stealing scientific secrets and hushing up murder.