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Stories: The Regatta Mystery
When a young woman performs a magic trick to vanish a diamond and it is truly lost, Parker Pyne must get to the bottom of the mystery. From The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories and Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories.
Stories: The Case of the Distressed Lady
Daphne St John enlists Parker Pyne’s aid. Having stolen a diamond to pay gambling debts, she needs help to return it without its owner noticing...
Stories: The Pearl of Price
On his travels Parker Pyne joins a party of people from Amman, through Jordon to Petra. When talk turns to the nature of honesty and a pearl earring goes missing, the group suspect each other of theft. From Parker Pyne Investigates.
Stories: The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
When Mrs Packington, whose husband is paying more attention to a secretary, answers an ad in the papers and she soon finds herself being swept off her feet by the handsome Mr Luttrell. From Parker Pyne Investigates
Stories: Yellow Iris
Poirot arrives at a party being held by a rich American, exactly one year since his wife Iris had been killed at a similar event. The only difference between now and then is the presence of Poirot – can he find her killer? From Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories and The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories.
Stories: The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
The morning after a party, a man’s body is found stabbed and hidden in a chest. From The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories and While the Light Lasts.
Stories: The Man Who was No. 16
The return of No.16 – the Beresfords’ long standing rival. The final case in the collection Partners in Crime.
Stories: The Mousetrap
For 70 years, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has kept millions of people, from every corner of the globe, on the edge of their seats, and it continues to be a sell-out hit of London theatre. This brand new edition of the world's longest-running play will contain a new introduction by Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of the authorised Agatha Christie Poirot continuation novels, as well as the official play script and a host of exclusive material from the show's archive.
The scene is set when a group of people gathered in a country house cut off by the snow discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.
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