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42) Dead man's folly
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 28
Pub. Date
1961, c1956
Physical Desc
224 p. ; 18 cm.
Description
When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man’s Folly.
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Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 33
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Celia asks mystery writer Ariadne Oliver to find out how her parents really died. To do this she must track down the people who remember them, but it will take Ariadne's friend Hercule Poirot to find clues in their memories before it is too late.
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
ix, 286 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
Description
"When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it ... But he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery"--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
1985, c1939
Physical Desc
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
On the night before Christmas, cruel, tyrannical, filthy rich Simeon Lee is found in his locked bedroom with his throat cut. Now Hercule Poirot must put his deductive powers to the test to solve one of his most chilling cases and to prevent a clever killer from spilling more blood.
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When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Was Cora's accusation a dark truth that sealed her own fate? Or are the siblings' deaths just tragic coincidences? Desperate to know the...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 20
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The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay facedown on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing ... she had been strangled. Ever since Arlena's arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her, including Arlena's new husband. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent "crime of passion" conceals something much more evil.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 19
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Even the greatest detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley's surgery for a dental examination. But what neither of them knew was that only hours later Poirot would be back to examine the dentist, found dead in his own surgery. Turning to other patients for answers, Poirot finds other, darker questions...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
When Gordon Cloade is killed in the London blitz a few weeks after getting married, his new bride is suddenly in sole possession of the family fortune. Other family members, though, have suspicions about his demise, especially when "spirits" claim the widow's first husband is still alive.
55) Curtain
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 34
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 18 cm.
Description
Hercule Poirot and the recently widowed Captain Arthur Hastings return to the scene of their first investigation many years before. Joining them at the estate is a mysterious stranger linked to five seemingly unrelated murders. Poirot must work quickly to prevent the sixth murder.
Author
Series
New Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 344 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Hercule Poirot returns home after an agreeable luncheon to find an angry woman waiting to berate him outside his front door. Her name is Sylvia Rule, and she demands to know why Poirot has accused her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met...Poirot is equally shocked, because he too has never heard of any Barnabas Pandy, and he certainly did not send the letter in question. He cannot convince Sylvia Rule of his...
58) Five little pigs
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Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 21
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Poirot must delve deep into the past to find out how Carla Lemarchant's father died--was it suicide, or did her mother, who was convicted of the crime and died in prison, murder her husband?
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Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 25
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The gruesome death of Mrs. McGinty provokes Superintendent Spence to seek the help of his old ally Hercule Poirot. The victim'a young lodger has been found guilty and is due to hang. But Spence is not convinced by the circumstantial evidence which influenced the verdict. So, at considerable personal discomfort, Poirot goes down to the sleepy village where the old lady lived and where, by chance, his good friend Ariadne Oliver is also staying There...
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