The heiress of Styles has been murdered, dying in agony from strychnine slipped into her coffee. And there are plenty who would gain from her death: the financially strapped stepson, the gold digging younger husband, and an embarrassed daughter-in-law. Agatha Christie's eccentric and hugely popular detective, Hercule Poirot, was introduced to the world in this book, which launched her career as the most famous and best loved of all mystery writers....

A collection of movie-length episodes of the popular television series about a Belgian sleuth.

Presents the first thirty episodes of the popular PBS mystery series featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

It had been a typical New Year's Eve party, but as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite--a keen observer of human nature--senses that the real drama of the evening is about to unfold. He's proved right when a mysterious stranger knocks at the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen--sometimes for good, but sometimes...

At a dinner party, Lady Edgware tells Hercule Poirot that she wished her husband were dead so that she could marry the Duke of Merton, and a day later Lord Edgware is found murdered.

"Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other 'little pigs' who could have done it...Sixteen years later, Caroline's daughter is determined to prove her mother's innocence, and Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind..."--P. [4] of cover.

A near-fatal dose of poison, a blood-stained knife, a revolver, and a family who are not what they seem figure in an extraordinary case that takes celebrated detective Hercule Poirot from a village estate to the bohemian streets of London--in a matter of life and death.

From the lost Pekinese to the blackmail of the most powerful man in England, it's one last great feat for the Hercules of crime before he retires...

In the middle of the night in rural Scotland, Michael Starkwedder has run his car into a ditch and must go to the nearest house to seek help. But downstairs in this house, he discovers a murdered man in a wheelchair and a woman holding a recently fired gun. What seems obvious isn't, and the story that unfolds is classic Christie - a tangled web of lies and coverups, where nothing can be taken at face value, and the murderer, and motive, is the greatest...

Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid-and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery-or add to it. This title was previously published as Poirot Loses a Client.