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An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic…

كعادتها فى كل وأعمالها، تستدرجك "أجاثا كريستي" روايدًا رويدًا لكي تبدأ فى قراءة روايتها، ولكنك ما تكاد تصل إلى منتصف الرواية ـ وربما قبل ذلك - وتشعر بأن هناك قوة خفية تسيطر عليك بحيث لا تترك مجالاً لترك هذه الرواية إلا بعد انتهاء آخر كلمة منها. وفى روايتنا تلك تستدرجك أجاثا كريستي روايداً رويداً لتتعرف على أحداث وأشخاص روايتها، ورويداً رويداً تكتشف وقوع ثلاث جرائم قتل ارتكبت بمنتهى الحنكة والمهارة بواسطة شخص من شخصيات الرواية لم يكن من الممكن بأى حال أن يتطرق الشك إليه. إنها شخصية تتسم بالغموض،…

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.

This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the intelligence service. Their mission: to seek out the Nazis in disguise, a man and a woman from among the colourful guests at a seaside hotel.

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people flat broke and out of work, are restless for excitement. They embark on a daring business scheme- Young Adventurers Ltd- 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. Their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, draws them into a diabolical political conspiracy, and they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever imagined...

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples. . . 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. . . Author BiographyAgatha Christie was born…

Agatha Christie’s most famous murder mystery, reissued with a new cover to tie in with the hugely anticipated 2017 film adaptation.