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.

A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

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

The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

It was close on midnight when a man crossed the Place de la Concorde.

Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.

The Clocks

by Agatha Christie

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

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

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

The Hollow

by Agatha Christie

AT 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once ...

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...

The Haunted Hotel

by Wilkie Collins

In the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a London physician reached its highest point.

Murder in Mesopotamia

by Agatha Christie

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

Third Girl

by Agatha Christie

HERCULE Poirot was sitting at the breakfast table.

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot looked with interest and appreciation at the young woman who was being ushered into the room.

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie

It was Miss Somers' turn to make the tea.

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie

"MY dear Monsieur Poirot!" It was a soft purring voice used deliberately as an instrument-nothing impulsive or unpremedi...

His Last Bow [8 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day towards the end of March in the year 1892.

They Do It with Mirrors

by Agatha Christie

MRS VAN RYDOCK moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Ariadne Oliver had gone with the friend with whom she was staying, Judith Butler, to help with the preparations for...

Death in the Clouds

by Agatha Christie

Elephants Can Remember

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Oliver looked at herself in the glass.

Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers

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