Agatha Christie
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English
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An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee. Poirot soon identifies a potent brew of despair, treachery, and deception amid the mansion's...
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Language
English
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"The brain-teasing tale of a serial killer who chooses his/her victims in alphabetical order. As quickly as you can say ABC, Hercule Poirot is on the case, pursuing gorgeous Amanda Beatrice Cross who confesses to the crimes in Poirot's Turkish bath. Poirot is shocked. After all, the ladies have their own facility elsewhere in the building! A befuddled British intelligence officer galumphs along in Poirot's wake. Surprise cameos from the Miss Marple...