My rating 5 stars Blurb Someone suggests that people should be careful when it comes to giving names to thier children, here Hercule Poirot realeses the resemblence of his name to this of Hercules. Then a thought comes to his head: There should be, once again, THE LABOURS OF HERCULES.. in a modern …

Rating :4 stars  Blurb A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invites him to a New Yea…

Original Language: English Publisher: The Bodley Head Country: UK Publication Date: 1924 ISBN : N/A Page Count: 310 My rating Book Blurb Cross a movie star, an archaeologist, a French maid, a prime minister, a wealthy dowager, and an Italian count with Hercule Poirot and you get a collection of the…

Publisher:  *Dodd, Meade & Company Current edition publisher:  The Berkley Publishing Group  Edition:  Mass market paperback Pages:  230 Genre:  Crime drama/Mystery fiction Source:  I purchased this book This novel is a compilation of short stories originally published in newpapers.  These are …

Blurb Also printed as: Murder with Mirrors Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Though he is not injured, a mysterious visitor is less fortunate - shot dea…

Genres:  Cozy mystery, Crime Fiction Rating Blurb The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing …

Genres:  Cozy mystery, Fiction, Crime Fiction, Suspense, Children's literature, Mystery My rating Blurb When the Bantry's wake to find the body of a beautiful young stranger in their library, Dolly Bantry knows there's only one person to call: her old friend Miss Marple. Who was the you…

Rating Blurb Alternate title: The Tuesday Club Murders Miss Marple puts her deductive skills to use in thirteen of her most fiendish cases in this short story collection from the reigning matriarch of mystery. Miss Marple is having a visit from her nephew, the novelist Raymond West; as a game the g…

Rating  Blurb 'Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe', declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, 'would be doing the world at large a favour!' It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come and haunt the clergyman just …

Original Language: English Publisher: Collins Crime Club Country: UK Publication Date: 1935 Page Count: 304 My rating Blurb Alternate title: Death in the Air In this "crime puzzle of the first order" (New York Times), an ordinary flight to London turns extraordinary when a female passenge…

My rating Blurb Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles O…

Original Language: English Publisher: Collins Crime Club Country: UK Publication Date: 1934 ISBN : 0006751326 Page Count: 256 Rating  Blurb Alternate title: Murder in the Calais Coach Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its …

Original Language: English Publisher: Collins Crime Club Country: UK Publication Date: 1933 Page Count: 256 My rating Blurb Alternate title: Thirteen at Dinner Sure, actress Jane Wilkinson wants out of a miserable marriage, but is she guilty of stabbing her way out of it? She claims she's innoc…

Original Language: English Publisher: Collins Crime Club Country: UK Publication Date: 1932 Page Count: 270 My rating Blurb Nick is an unusual name for a pretty young woman. And Nick Buckley has been leading an unusual life of late. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car fa…

Original Language: English Publisher: William Collins & Sons Country: Great Britain Publication Date: 1928 Page Count: 296 My rating Blurb Le Train Bleu is an elegant, leisurely means of travel, and one certainly free of intrigue. Hercule Poirot is aboard, bound for the Riviera. And so is Ruth …

Original Language: English Publisher: William Collins & Sons Country: UK Publication Date: January 27, 1927 Page Count: 282 My rating  Blurb Hercule Poirot is preparing for a voyage to South America. Looming in the doorway of his bedroom is an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust a…

Original Language: English Publisher: William Collins & Sons Country: UK Publication Date: 1926 Page Count: 312 My rating Blurb Roger Ackroyd was a man who knew too much. He knew the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband. He knew someone was blackmailing her - and now he knew she had ta…