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La vacanza di Poirot è destinata a durare poco. Se "il male si annida dovunque sotto il sole", al Jolly Roger Hotel assume le forme della splendida Arlena Marshall, che scatena negli uomini gli istinti peggiori e semina la discordia fra le famiglie dell'albergo. E quando viene ritrovata strangolata su una spiaggia deserta, i sospettati sono anche troppi: un marito tradito, una vecchia fiamma gelosa, una figliastra trascurata e una moglie scialba che si è vista mettere da parte. La polizia tentenna, gli indizi sono contraddittori, ma Poirot ha un fiuto infallibile.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English.

Rutherford Hall, campagna inglese, anni cinquanta. Manca poco a Natale. La signora McGillicuddy ha passato la giornata a fare acquisti e sta ritornando a casa in treno quando, improvvisamente, un altro convoglio si affianca al suo e l'anziana donna assiste suo malgrado a uno spettacolo sconvolgente: in una delle carrozze un uomo sta strangolando una donna. Terrorizzata, la signora cerca di avvertire il controllore e la polizia, ma nessuno le crede: non sono stati rinvenuti cadaveri e non è stata denunciata la scomparsa di nessuno.  

King's Abbot è un tipico paesino della campagna inglese dove non succede mai nulla di speciale. Un giorno però qualcosa accade: l'uomo più ricco del paese, Roger Ackroyd, viene assassinato proprio quando sta per leggere una lettera che avrebbe fatto luce sul misterioso suicidio di un'amica, la signora Ferrars. Il delitto getta nello sgomento la piccola comunità. Ma, in particolare tra gli amici e i parenti della vittima, non tutti hanno da dolersi dell'accaduto. Almeno così sembra credere un buffo investigatore belga in pensione.

In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Lost Mine,” Poirot investigates the suspicious disappearance of a Chinese businessman in London. Suspicion is focused on two Englishman, one of whom has an alibi and another who was in an opium den the night of the disappearance. A clear-cut case for Poirot soon becomes murky however. This short story originally appeared in the November 21, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

Sane and sensible Edward Robinson secretly dreams of fast cars, adventurous women, and danger, but his fiancée, Maud, keeps him grounded in reality. When Edward wins money in a newspaper competition, he immediately buys the sleek red car of his dreams without telling Maud. Adventure swiftly ensues, as he is embroiled in high-society scandals that lead him to a significant transformation.

Polina Nazarova is a soprano whose past is dangerously entangled with the present. Given the opportunity to sing her Tosca opposite the arrogant and cruel Andre Breon, it seems that her desire for revenge may prove irresistible.

The atmosphere of an old English estate, family quarrels and scandals, a burnt will, and many false leads. Which of the residents had a motive to poison the owner of Styles Court residence? Was the crime committed out of passion or greed? For the first time, Captain Hastings, who dreams of being Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot, who doesn't need to dream about it, work together to unravel the mystery.

Just as boredom is setting in on his long trip by motor coach across the desert to Baghdad, Mr. Parker Pyne reads about the case of the missing Mr. Long, the famous defaulting financier who, as the papers would have it, is in South America. Another member of his party, Captain Smethurst, tells Pyne that he is worried about something. But before he can tell Pyne what it is, he is found dead, with no visible wound. Pyne must piece together what happened from various clues, including scraps of conversation overheard back in Damascus.

È ricco di personaggi ambigui questo sorprendente audiobook della grandissima Agatha Christie: ci sono l'amico fedele, l'amico innamorato, la sorella sfregiata, la governante che odia gli uomini, la bellissima amante Elsa Greer. Gravitano tutti attorno a Caroline - la moglie tradita - e Amyas, il marito fedifrago. Il loro matrimonio travagliato si concluderà con una tragedia. In questo romanzo, del 1942, la Christie ha realizzato uno dei suoi più interessanti esercizi di bravura, costruendo un meccanismo tanto intricato quanto perfetto, dove tutto è diverso da quella che sembra.

El cuento se centra en Elspeth McGillicuddy, una anciana que está de camino a visitar a su amiga Jane Marple durante las vacaciones navideñas. Durante su viaje en tren, Elspeth presencia un asesinato en un tren que pasa junto al suyo. Ve a una mujer siendo estrangulada por un hombre en un compartimento del otro tren. Sin embargo, cuando llega a su destino y reporta el crimen, las autoridades no encuentran evidencia alguna del asesinato y dudan de su historia. Desesperada por encontrar respuestas, Elspeth recurre a su vieja amiga Miss Marple para ayudarla a resolver el misterio.

Miss Marple und Hercule Poirot sind bekannt für ihre ungewöhnlichen Ermittlungsmethoden. Die berühmten Detektive setzen kleine graue Zellen ein, Stricknadeln, Menschenkenntnis sowie belgischen und britischen Spürsinn, um Mörder und sonstige Verbrecher zu überführen. Agatha Christie lässt ihre beliebten Kriminalisten in klassischen Whodunits ermitteln, das Genre, für das sie berühmt wurde.

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have been carefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at the correct level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000-26,000 words.

Pretty, young Anne is present on the platform at Hyde Park Corner when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit?

Miss Marple schwelgt in alten Erinnerungen und will ein paar ruhige Tage in Bertrams Hotel in London verbringen. Doch plötzlich verschwindet ein ehrenwerter Stammgast des Hotels: Kanonikus Pennyfather wollte zu einem Kongress nach Luzern, ist dort aber nie angekommen. Chief-Inspector Fred Davy bittet Miss Marple um Hilfe, hat sie doch den Verschwundenen zuletzt gesehen. Und schon bald sind sich die beiden Ermittler einig: die Idylle des komfortablen Hotels ist nur Fassade.

La historia se centra en el Dr. Ernest Lavington, un médico que es visitado por el capitán Roger Angmering. Roger está preocupado por su esposa, Virginia, ya que ha estado mostrando síntomas de envenenamiento. Aunque el Dr. Lavington insiste en que es improbable que Virginia haya sido envenenada, Roger está convencido de lo contrario y sospecha de su propia tía, una mujer llamada Bella Tanios. A medida que la historia avanza, se descubre que Bella, quien vivía en el extranjero, había enviado a Virginia una caja de chocolates como regalo.

Waiting for his car to be fixed, Mr. Satterthwaite sits in a tea shop called the Harlequin cafe, thinking of his friend Harley Quin, whom he hasn’t seen in many years. Then, in a burst of sunshine, the very same Mr. Quin walks through the door, along with his diligent dog, Hermes. Satterthwaite is telling him the very long history of the family he is off to visit, when their conversation is interrupted by the abrupt entrance of a member of that very same family, intent upon replacing her harlequin cups.

Hercule Poirot semble enfin avoir trouvé des adversaires à sa mesure : un quatuor criminel, dont le but n’est rien de moins que de s’assurer la domination du monde. Rude bataille en perspective !

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. "Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?" she muses. Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband comes home with an important foreign politician, Clarissa persuades her three house guests to become accessories and accomplices.

A fascinating collection of archive radio programmes focusing on the life and work of crime fiction's grande dame and featuring Agatha Christie in her own words. Dame Agatha Christie published 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections in her lifetime, but to the public she remained an enigmatic figure. This quartet of BBC radio programmes looks at the woman behind the books and explores the career of one of Britain's most famous mystery writers.