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101) Poirot: Series 3
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian detective is on the case in the first series of the hit PBS mystery. Fan favorite David Suchet stars as the dapper sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these remastered adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Three act tragedy: While visiting the Cornish coast, Poirot attends a dinner where one of the guests suddenly dies. The clocks: A pretty secretary arrives at a residence for a temporary typing job, only to find a man's corpse on the floor. But why are there four strange clocks in the room? Hallowe'en party: A children's party turns into the murder of 13-year-old Joyce Reynolds, who had boasted of witnessing a murder a few years before.
Series
Poirot volume 4
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The Hollow: Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death--rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter.
Five...
Series
Poirot volume 6
Pub. Date
2005
Description
After the Funeral: Richard Abernethie, head of the dysfunctional Abernethie clan, died a natural death--or so his family believes. But his sister, Cora, drops a bombshell--she believes Richard was murdered. Poirot is summoned to look into Cora's charges, but his investigation is interrupted by yet another bombshell--Cora herself is brutally murdered, leaving Poirot with two murder cases on his hands.
Cards on the Table: One of London's richest and...
Series
Poirot volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Description
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) has retired to a county village, until his neighbor, a wealthy industrialist, is found murdered. Poirot reunites with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) to find the culprit, exposing a tangled web of blackmail, envy and murder. Everyone in the Ackroyd household falls under Poirot's scrutiny, and in classic Agatha Christie style, this cast of suspicious characters all seem...
Series
Poirot volume 2
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Murder in Mesopotamia: On holiday in Iraq, Poirot visits an ancient site that his good friend Captain Hastings is helping excavate. But what begins as an entertaining diversion becomes a professional puzzle to challenge even Poirot's brilliance when the head archeologist's unpopular wife is killed.Though there is no shortage of suspects, clues are few and misleading, and the local authorities turn to their esteemed guest for help.
Evil Under the Sun:...
Series
Poirot volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Death on the Nile: When Linnet Doyle, the richest woman in London, steals and marries her best friend's fiance, the best friend gets her revenge by hounding the newlyweds throughout their honeymoon. A subsequent pleasure cruise down the River Nile turns deadly when the widely despised Mrs. Doyle is found murdered in her bed. Thank goodness the famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is along for the ride. His services are sorely in need as the body...
Series
Poirot volume 5
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The Mystery of the Blue Train: While traveling on the famed Blue Train to the French Riviera, Inspector Poirot meets a motley collection of socialites that include the beautiful Ruth Kettering and her American oil magnate father, Rufus Van Aldin. Ruth is accompanied on the train by her scoundrel of a husband, Derek, and her lover La Roche. It's an unhealthy situation--and Poirot finds out just how unhealthy when one of them is found murdered.
Taken...
111) Poirot: Series 2
Pub. Date
c2011, c1990
Description
Agatha Christie's marvelously mustachioed Belgian detective returns in the second series of the hit PBS mystery. Hercule Poirot uses his formidable 'little grey cells' to outwit criminals and fellow sleuths alike.
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death -- rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter."
Pub. Date
[2003], c1993
Description
The adventure of the Egyptian tomb: After an archeological dig turns deadly, Poirot must distinguish between ordinary evil and an other-worldly curse. The underdog: Hasting's passion for golf, and Poirot's for art, lead them to the scene of a baffling murder. The yellow Iris: The death of a British heiress haunts Poirot for two years before he has a chance to confront her killer.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Mrs. McGinty's dead: With help from mystery novelist and old friend Ariadne Oliver, Poirot tries to save a man from hanging for a murder he might not have committed. As the famous sleuth tracks down the real killer, he finds his own life at risk.
Cat among the pigeons: As Meadowbank School for Girls begins its term, a new student causes the headmistress unease. Princess Shaista is a political refugee hiding from revolutionaries in her native...