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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 2
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An L.A. Theatre Works commissioned adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie "whodunit." Adapted from the novel by Kate McAll.
In Christie's clever and beautifully crafted tale, Detective Hercule Poirot receives an urgent letter from Paul Renauld summoning him to France. Upon their arrival, Poirot and his companion, Arthur Hastings, find they are too late. Plus, to complicate things further, certain facts just don't add up.
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Hetty is a 60-year-old housewife, a late bloomer, who sets up shop as a private eye to supplement her husband's meager pension. With moral authority, salt-of-the-earth candor, and a fully-loaded handbag, Hetty dispenses hard-boiled justice and motherly empathy in equally satisfying doses. Geoffrey, a destitute teenager, becomes Hetty's trusted and able sidekick. Her husband, Robert, also lends a hand.
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"With her son grown, single mum Pearl pursues her lifelong dream and starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's seafood restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring but no-nonsense nature, residents flock to her with all kinds of cases. But when she discovers her friend and oyster supplier dead, DCI Mike McGuire arrives from London to lead the investigation. Gruff and aloof, Mike initially clashes with...
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"Ashley Jensen is back as formidable and fashionable PI Agatha Raisin. From her private detective agency in the scenic Cotswolds, the glamorous PR executive turned sleuth solves all manner of quirky cases with help from her pals: best friend and former assistant Roy, inveterate flirt Sir Charles, ex-flame James and lovebirds Toni and Bill"--Container.
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The delightful Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe) stars as unlikely private detective Agatha Raisin, who uncovers killers in the Cotswolds in this British-village mystery. In Series Three, Agatha opens a PI agency to uncover the killers lurking in her sleepy Cotswold village, with help from her friend Roy and paramour James.
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Back in print and now available in trade paperback, Dorothy L. Sayers' classic tale of murder and scandal at a chic London advertising agency, featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey. When executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the iron staircase at Pym's Publicity, a posh London ad agency, Lord Peter Wimsey goes undercover to investigate. Before his tragic demise, the victim had tried to warn Mr. Pym, the firm's owner, about some...
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"Death on the Nile": A pleasure cruise down the Nile turns deadly when a murder is discovered on board. "Sad Cypress": The solution to a double-murder case appears to be cut and dried, but Poirot's instincts eventually lead him to the real truth. "The Hollow": A weekend retreat where all the guests appear to despise one another finds Poirot hard at work doing what he does best. "Five little pigs": Poirot agrees to help a young woman prove her mother's...
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The hilariously mismatched detective duo of Luella Shakespeare and grumpy Frank Hathaway return for ten more episodes of the hit mystery/comedy- drama set in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon. One might think the birthplace of William Shakespeare would be safe from fraud, extortion, vice, identity theft, and ransom, but they would be wrong.
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Agatha Christie₂s beloved Belgian detective returns in these four feature-length mysteries from the hit series. Set amid the unparalleled elegance of the Art Deco era, these beautifully remastered adaptations star David Suchet as the peerless Hercule Poirot. With a little help from his friends, Captain Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp, and Miss Lemon, Poirot unravels the most tangled cases with flair and finesse.
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"Now that Lu has passed her private investigator exams and Frank's tidied himself up a bit, there's no stopping them. But murder, kidnap, blackmail and infidelity still abound in the pretty tourist town of Stratford-upon-Avon. An ageing heavy metal star with a pact with the devil. A Shakespeare museum full of deadly secrets. A King Lear story set in a carpet warehouse. Welcome to the birthplace of the Bard, where low-life criminals get caught up in...
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"Down-to-earth single mum and restaurant owner Pearl is now an established PI in her English coastal town of Whitstable. Her cases often overlap with the police investigations conducted by gruff DCI Mike McGuire, but their relationship is charged by a detemination to outdo each other. Six months after the breakdown of their fledgling romance, they have each found new partners: funny and nice Tom for Pearl, and outgoing and optimistic Kat for Mike....
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One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot--and her most surprising twist.The story that made Agatha Christie famous ends with one of her most dramatic twists. The villagers of King's Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits suicide and the very next day her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, is stabbed to death. Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, discovers the body of his friend and narrates...
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