Bücher der Reihe Hercule Poirot

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning there was one passenger fewer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.With tension mounting, detective Hercule Poirot comes up with not one, but two solutions to the crime.

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home.It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind...

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything... until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed...

Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975.

A classic Christie mystery.Read by Hugh Fraser who plays Hugh Fraser in the popular TV series.At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE RELEASING OCTOBER 9, 2020 DIRECTED BY AND STARRINGKENNETH BRANAGH Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christies most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile.The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "e;I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger."e; Yet in this exotic setting nothing is ever quite what it seems.

At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce?a hostile thirteen-year-old?boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the ?evil presence.? But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double murderer....

?How dare you? How dare you send me such a letter??Returning home one day, Hercule Poirot finds a furious woman demanding to know why Poirot has accused her of murdering a man she has never met. Poirot has certainly accused nobody of murder. Shaken, he goes inside, only to find a man who claims he received a nearly identical letter from Poirot that morning... Poirot wonders how many more letters have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and why? Can Poirot find the missing link and dis-cover the truth without putting more lives in danger? Twisty, compulsive, and slyly brilliant, once again Sophie Hannah expertly revitalizes the most precise and charming detective of all time.

Hercule Poirot erhält den verzweifelten Hilferuf eines französischen Multimillionärs und macht sich mit Hastings auf die Reise. Als die beiden aber in Frankreich eintreffen, liegt der betuchte Monsieur Renauld bereits in seinem frisch geschaufelten Grab - mitten auf dem Golfplatz. Der Brieföffner in seinem Rücken gehört seiner Frau, womit die Polizei den Fall als geklärt betrachtet.Doch Hercule Poirot weiß, dass die Suche nach dem Mörder gerade erst begonnen hat ...