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Ariadne Oliver, Queen of Crime Fiction, has been asked to devise a Murder Hunt for a fête at Nasse House, the home of Sir George Stubbs. But she begins to suspect that someone is manipulating the scenario of her game and fears that something very sinister is being planned. She sends for her old friend Hercule Poirot. At first, he is not inclined to take her very seriously, but soon a series of events propels him to change his mind.

Upon finding a mysterious note at the scene of an accident, spunky Ann Beddingfeld throws caution to the wind and sets sail for an adventure to South Africa. She gets more thrills than she bargained for when she finds herself embroiled in a crooked diamond scheme, a murder, and in the clutches of the mysterious “Colonel".

"The Secret Adversary" is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1922. It introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence, a pair of clever, adventurous young people who form a partnership, calling themselves "Young Adventurers Ltd." The story is set in post-World War I Britain, where economic hardship and political unrest are prevalent.The plot revolves around a missing woman named Jane Finn, who was entrusted with sensitive government documents but disappeared five years earlier. Tommy and Tuppence, in need of money and excitement, embark on a quest to find Jane Finn and the ...

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 golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse.

Crime sleuth Hercule Poirot returns in a thrilling BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. Amy Leatheran has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site deep in the Iraqi desert to nurse the wife of a celebrated archaeologist; events prove stranger than she could ever have imagined. Her patient’s bizzarre visions and nervous terror seem unfounded, but as the oppressive tension in the air thickens, events come to a terrible climax - in murder...

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stands serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence is damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, one man still presumes Elinor is innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot, who is all that stands between Elinor and the gallows.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery, starring Lyndsey Marshal, Geoffrey Whitehead and John Rowe. Ten guests travel to an island at the invitation of someone named U. N. Owen. All are strangers, but they have two things in common: they have all been responsible for someone's death, and none will leave the island alive.

A brand-new BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel, known to be a favourite among her own works.When Doctor Calgary visits the Argyle family, he believes he brings good news. He is there to clear the name of Jacko, who was convicted of the murder of his own mother, Rachel. But the doctor’s news is not greeted with the enthusiasm he expects, and the family seem intent on resisting both his help and the investigations of Inspector Huish.

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure four, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about "Number Four".

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of an Agatha Christie story. On a flight from Le Bourget to Croydon, on which Hercule Poirot is an apprehensive passenger, a woman is found dead. A doctor on board is inclined to put it down to a wasp-sting, but Poirot suspects that a poisoned dart is the real cause - and, perhaps rather too conveniently, a blow pipe is discovered stuffed down the back of his seat. Clearly the murder can only have been committed by one of the passengers or crew on the plane.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple, the sharp-witted spinster sleuth. In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner, is the most detested man in the village. Everyone, even the vicar, wishes he were dead. And very soon he is - shot in the head in the vicar's own study.

A Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as the deceptively mild Miss Marple with Ian Lavender, Joan Sims and Susannah Harker. Elspeth McGillicuddy is down from Scotland for a holiday and boards the 4:50 train from Paddington station to visit her friend, Miss Marple. During the journey, another train pulls alongside, and through the window Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a tall, dark man strangling a blonde woman. She reports what she has seen, yet no one takes any notice.

Poirot has always hated visiting the dentist, but this time his check-up is painless and soon over. As he leaves Mr Morley's surgery, he observes a woman wearing patent leather shoes with large buckles. She catches one of the buckles on the taxi door and wrenches it off, and as Poirot hands it back, he is reminded of the children's rhyme 'One, two, buckle my shoe'. Back home, Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself.

The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion - until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, 50 years his junior. But the murderer hasn't reckoned on the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter.

El triángulo de Rodas es una historia que se teje en el encanto del Mediterráneo donde tiene lugar un misterio letal. Durante unas vacaciones aparentemente serenas en la isla de Rodas, el relato nos sumerge en un turbulento mar de pasiones ocultas y celos que terminan en un asesinato. A través de conversaciones apacibles y encuentros casuales, se desvela una red de relaciones entrelazadas que configuran un triángulo amoroso capaz de provocar tragedia.

El jabalí de Erimentea sumerge al oyente en una fascinante historia de suspense y enigma. Hércules Poirot se enfrenta al caso más desconcertante de su carrera: el misterio del legendario jabalí. A través de giros inesperados y con una inteligencia narrativa sin igual, la trama se desenreda entre pistas crípticas y revelaciones estremecedoras. Este audiolibro no solo promete entretenimiento; es una invitación a ser testigo de una batalla intelectual contra el tiempo y la astucia de un adversario digno de las antiguas leyendas.

Sumérgete en el laberinto de mentes maestras con Asesinato en Bardsley Mews, obra maestra del misterio que te transportará a los recovecos más oscuros del ingenio humano. En este emocionante relato, el inigualable Hércules Poirot se enfrenta a uno de sus casos más enigmáticos. ¿Qué secretos se esconden tras las respetables fachadas de Bardsley Mews? Cuando un crimen inesperado sacude los cimientos de esta tranquila comunidad, solo el agudo intelecto de Poirot puede desenredar la compleja red de engaños y medias verdades.

Sumérgete en la intriga con Tragedia Navideña, una obra maestra que transforma la alegría de las fiestas de Navidad en un enigma escalofriante. En esta inolvidable aventura, Hercule Poirot se encuentra ante un rompecabezas festivo que desafía su ingenio. Cuando la celebración se ve ensombrecida por un misterioso incidente, el espíritu navideño cede paso a secretos ocultos y sospechas. Cada miembro de la reunión familiar guarda un motivo, y el regalo más inesperado es un crimen que solo el legendario detective puede resolver.

Adéntrate en el laberinto de la política y el crimen escuchando Los Establos de Augías, que teje el gran engaño entre las sombras del poder. En este inteligente relato, el astuto Hercule Poirot se enfrenta no a un asesino sigiloso, sino a un entramado de corrupción que pone a prueba su agudeza mental. La limpieza de los establos míticos palidece ante la tarea de desinfectar la podredumbre de un ayuntamiento lleno de secretos tan antiguos como sórdidos.

Following an otherwise-enjoyable literary luncheon, the celebrated crime novelist Ariadne Oliver is accosted by a particularly formidable woman who engages her in conversation about one of her many god-daughters, whom Ariadne hasn’t seen since she was a child. She lands a bombshell with the question ‘What I want to know is this: did her mother kill her father, or was it the father who killed the mother?’