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Sparkling Cyanide

It was All Soul's Day, the Day of the Dead ...

In a luxurious hotel, six people sat down to dinner at the table in the alcove, a table laid for seven.

In front of the empty place was a sprig of rosemary - in memory of Rosemary Barton who had suddenly sprawled dead...Read more

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4
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The Spoilers

When film tycoon, Sir Robert Hellier, loses his daughter to heroin, he declares war on the drug peddlers. London drug specialist, Nicholas Warren, is called in to organise an expedition to the Middle East, in an attempt to track down the big-time dope runners, inveigle themselves into their...Read more

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The Sundowners

Superbly written and deeply moving, The Sundowners showcases one of Australia's most talented authors at the height of his powers. The epic tale of the outback Australian family, the Carmodys. The Carmodys live in the outback, travelling around, shearing, droving, making ends meet and...Read more

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Taken At The Flood

AKA: 
There Is A Tide

A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.

Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from...Read more

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29
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They Do It With Mirrors

A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home - but someone else dies ...

Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the...Read more

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5
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Third Girl

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third...Read more

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40
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Three Act Tragedy

Who wouldn't be pleased to attend a small dinner party being held by Sir Charles Cartwright, once the leading star of the London stage? At his "Crow's Nest" home in Loomouth, Cornwall.

Unfortunately, thirteen guests arrived at the actor's house, most unlucky. One of them was a...Read more

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11
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The Tightrope Men

Giles Denison awakes one morning to discover that his facial features have been changed and his driver's license bears the name of Harold Feltham MeyrickRead more

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Towards Zero

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house...What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers...Read more

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5
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The Unconquerable

Trapped in occupied Warsaw, Sheila Matthews agrees to aid the Polish Resistance by being listed as a Nazi agent and passing on information from the Germans. This double role later forces her to confront perilous mistrust from both sides.Read more

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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

A bundle of death ...

On the rocks below was an ominous dark bundle ... It was a man of about forty, still breathing, though unconscious.

Bobby stared at the body, the crisp curling chestnut hair, the big nose, the strong jaw, the white teeth just showing through...Read more

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