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Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick?s sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of...
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Poirot volume 1
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Includes an introduction by Christie archivist John Curran, and the original unpublished courtroom chapter as an alternate ending to the novel. ?Beware! Peril to the detective who says: ?It is so small - it does not matter? ? Everything matters. ? After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory. Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles...
10) Sad cypress
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Hercule Poirot volume 21
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Beautiful Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning - only she had the motive, opportunity and means. Hercule Poirot was all that stood between her and the gallows.
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Poirot volume 28
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Agatha Christie?s exotic seaside mystery thriller. It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun? she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena?s arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent ?crime of passion? have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?.
16) The ABC murders
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But each time, an ABC railway guide is found by the dead bodies, and each time, Poirot is warned in advance by a taunting letter from someone signed 'ABC'. Who is ABC? And can Poirot find out in time to prevent the death of a whole alphabet of victims? The police doubt him and the public are in a state of panic, but Poirot is convinced that the murderer's luck will turn, and sooner or later he will make a crucial mistake. And Poirot will be there...