Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie 6 Books Box Set - Fiction - Paperback

{"id":4458414932067,"title":"Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie 6 Books Box Set - Fiction - Paperback","handle":"agatha-christie-hercule-poirot-classic-mysteries-6-books-detective-fiction-genre-paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHickory Dickory Dock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI dissect rucksacks, my friend. It is very interesting.' Hercule Poirot doesn't need all his detective skills to realise something is troubling his secretary, Miss Lemon - she has made three mistakes in a simple letter. It seems an outbreak of kleptomania at the student hostel in which her sister works is distracting his usually efficient assistant. Deciding that desperate time call for desperate measures, the great detective agrees to investigate. But unknown to Poirot, desperation is a motive he shares with a killer...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSad Cypres\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes it matter? She might have done it, yes! I don't care is she did. I don't want her hanged, I tell you! Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty. Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeath in the Clouds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou seem very much interested in the wasp, Monsieur Poirot.'From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was bring troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Clocks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cuckoo clock struck three all right, but all the others were about an hour fast. How very off! When the Cavendish Bureau was telephoned and asked to send one of their secretaries to a house in Wilbraham Crescent, the caller made no mention of the dead body she would find there. Who made the call to the agency? Who was the murdered man? And why were there clocks in the room that didn't belong there? The clocks had stopped, but the time is ticking away for Hercule Poirot...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mystery of the Blue Train\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI want a change. To be in the midst of things - exciting things - even if I'm only the looker-on. You know, things don't happen in St Mary Mead.'When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Murder on the Links\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe true work, it is done from within. The little grey cells - remember always the little grey cells, mon ami. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a gold course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's favorite mystery writers gives you Hercule Poirot novels. Packed full of suspense and beautiful plots from the worlds best-selling author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid you know? 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It is very interesting.' Hercule Poirot doesn't need all his detective skills to realise something is troubling his secretary, Miss Lemon - she has made three mistakes in a simple letter. It seems an outbreak of kleptomania at the student hostel in which her sister works is distracting his usually efficient assistant. Deciding that desperate time call for desperate measures, the great detective agrees to investigate. But unknown to Poirot, desperation is a motive he shares with a killer...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSad Cypres\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes it matter? She might have done it, yes! I don't care is she did. I don't want her hanged, I tell you! Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty. Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeath in the Clouds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou seem very much interested in the wasp, Monsieur Poirot.'From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was bring troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Clocks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cuckoo clock struck three all right, but all the others were about an hour fast. How very off! When the Cavendish Bureau was telephoned and asked to send one of their secretaries to a house in Wilbraham Crescent, the caller made no mention of the dead body she would find there. Who made the call to the agency? Who was the murdered man? And why were there clocks in the room that didn't belong there? The clocks had stopped, but the time is ticking away for Hercule Poirot...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mystery of the Blue Train\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI want a change. To be in the midst of things - exciting things - even if I'm only the looker-on. You know, things don't happen in St Mary Mead.'When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Murder on the Links\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe true work, it is done from within. The little grey cells - remember always the little grey cells, mon ami. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a gold course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's favorite mystery writers gives you Hercule Poirot novels. Packed full of suspense and beautiful plots from the worlds best-selling author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDid you know? Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitles in the Set\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHickory Dickory Dock,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSad Cypres,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath in the Clouds,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Clocks,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of the Blue Train,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Murder on the Links\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780007965618\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}