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The Sittaford Mystery
The Sittaford Mystery

by Agatha Christie

Major Burnaby drew on his gum boots, buttoned his overcoat collar round his neck, took from a shelf near the door a hurr...

1931 87 ed.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mr. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrasse...

1875 373 ed.
After the Funeral
After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie

OLD Lanscombe moved totteringly from room to room, pulling up the blinds.

1953 114 ed.
A Pocket Full of Rye
A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie

It was Miss Somers' turn to make the tea.

1953 104 ed.
The Clocks
The Clocks

by Agatha Christie

TO use police terms: at 2:59 P.M. on September 9th.

1963 99 ed.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

by John le Carré

The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?

1602 144 ed.
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

YOU WILL REJOICE to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with...

1818 2185 ed.
The Body in the Library
The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie

Mrs. Bantry was dreaming.

1942 127 ed.
Curtain
Curtain

by Agatha Christie

WHO is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?

1975 112 ed.
Poirot investigates
Poirot investigates

by Agatha Christie

I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.

1924 216 ed.
At Bertram's Hotel
At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

In the heart of the West End, there are many quiet pockets, unknown to almost all but taxi drivers who traverse them wit...

1965 114 ed.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie

Miss Jane Marple was sitting by her window.

1960 126 ed.
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

"Linnet Ridgeway!" "That's her!" said Mr. Burnaby, the landlord of the Three Crowns.

1937 187 ed.
Third Girl
Third Girl

by Agatha Christie

HERCULE Poirot was sitting at the breakfast table.

1966 99 ed.
A Caribbean Mystery
A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

"Take all this business about Kenya," said Major Palgrave.

1964 107 ed.
Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

ALEKSEI FYODOROVICH KARAMOZOV was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, a landowner of our district, extremely we...

1880 312 ed.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to open, I neither expect nor solicit belief.

1914 122 ed.
Evil Under the Sun
Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie

WHEN Captain Roger Angmering built himself a house in the year 1782 on the island off Leather-combe Bay, it was thought ...

1941 120 ed.
Whose Body?
Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Oh, damn!" said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.

1923 319 ed.