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The A.B.C. Murders
The A.B.C. Murders

by Agatha Christie

IT was in June of 1935 that I came home from my ranch in South America for a stay of about six months.

1936 142 ed.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September-a Thursday.

1926 220 ed.
Sleeping Murder
Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quay-side.

1940 117 ed.
The Murder at the Vicarage
The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie

It is difficult to know quite where to begin this story, but I have fixed my choice on a certain Wednesday at luncheon a...

1930 127 ed.
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria.

1933 247 ed.
Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in Mesopotamia

by Agatha Christie

IN the hall of the Tigris Palace Hotel in Baghdad a hospital nurse was finishing a letter.

1936 108 ed.
The Red House Mystery
The Red House Mystery

by A. A. Milne

In the drowsy heat of the summer afternoon the Red House was taking its siesta.

1922 71 ed.
A Murder Is Announced
A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

Between 7:30 and 8:30 every morning except Sundays, Johnnie Butt made the round of the village of Chipping Cleghorn on h...

1950 127 ed.
Murder on the Links
Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

I believe that a well-known anecdote exists to the effect that a young writer, determined to make the commencement of hi...

1923 272 ed.
Snobbery with Violence
Snobbery with Violence

by Marion Chesney

Unlike White's or Brooks's, it was simply known as The Club, lodged in a Georgian building at the bottom of St. James's ...

2003 6 ed.
Sick of shadows
Sick of shadows

by Marion Chesney

The aristocracy lived in a closed world protected by a shell of wealth and title, as hard and as glittering as a Faberge...

2005 4 ed.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided.

1920 1091 ed.
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 90 ed.
One Good Turn
One Good Turn

by Kate Atkinson

He was lost.

2006 13 ed.
The Dollhouse Murders
The Dollhouse Murders

by Betty Ren Wright

Amy Treloar kicked off her shoes and climbed onto a cushioned bench in the middle of Regents Mall.

1983 22 ed.
A Caribbean Mystery
A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

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

1964 107 ed.
Hasty Death
Hasty Death

by Marion Chesney

Winter is very democratic.

2004 4 ed.