At a round table in the Luxembourg nightclub, six people sit down to dinner at a table set for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of Rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one year previously.
Puteshestvuja po Vostoku, Erkjul Puaro ostanovilsja v Ierusalime. Odnazhdy vecherom, stoja u otkrytogo okna svoego gostinichnogo nomera, on vdrug uslyshal frazu, proiznesennuju gde-to v storone:
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young window, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune.
There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim's corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.
An English country house at Christmas time, with its crackling log fires and fine food, may seem an incongruous setting for a crime -- but a sinister note left on his pillow tells Hercule Poirot everything is not as it seems.
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.
Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her with all her strength and love.
Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her with all her strength and love.
Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent—not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor.
A typist uncovers a man’s body from behind the sofa…As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery...
Welcome to a stunning collection of macabre stories, from the earthly drama of a courtroom in Witness for the Prosecution to the unearthly chills of the window who can hear her husband in Wireless. All evidence of a natural -or supernatural- storyteller!