Classic crime and mystery fiction

A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie's stage play by Charles OsborneSir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen.

Some of Agatha Christie's earliest stories - including her very first - which show the Queen of Crime in the making.

When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer.

An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies.

A weekly dinner partyTen amateur sleuthsThe Tuesday Night Club murdersOn a quiet Tuesday in St Mary Mead, a group of friends gather for dinner.

A shocking crimeA mansion filled with suspectsRuth Van Rydock can't shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house.

Agatha Christie's international mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

A strange houseA ghost from the pastAs soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there's something strange about this house.

Mystery and suspense surround a seance in a snowbound house on the edge of Dartmoor, where the prediction of a grisly murder is only the precursor to an ingenious deadly crime and one of Agatha Christie's most gripping thrillers.

A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house.

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will.

A wealthy familyA fatal cup of teaRex Fortescue was enjoying his morning cup of tea when he met his untimely end.

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

A priest's death leads to sinister goings-on in an old country pub.

A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practice.

A letter from beyond the graveOne last requestAn unsolvable crimeWhen Miss Marple receives a letter from the recently deceased millionaire Jason Rafiel, she's not sure what to make of it.

Tommy & Tuppence are hired to track down wartime spies at a seaside resort.

The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice.

A mysterious stranger appears at a New Year's Eve party, becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite.

Agatha Christie's first ever murder mystery.

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery.

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back.

Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.

An ordinary villageA shocking announcementOne morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers:'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.

An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq.

An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage.

Nine intriguing talesOne unequalled storytellerAn unknown wounded man in a church.

A movie starA deadly cocktailA murderWhen glamorous Marina Gregg came to live in St Mary Mead, tongues were sure to wag.

Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires - to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake.

A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative short story Witness for the Prosecution.

Agatha Christie's ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

It is Christmas Eve.

Two trainsSide by side for a brief momentIn that moment, a murderElspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death.

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

A sun-drenched story of desire and murder with a conclusion you'll never see coming.

Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict.

A novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in 2000 BCIt is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life.

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing.

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home.

A typist uncovers a man's body from behind the sofa.

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls - things like murder.

A Caribbean resortStrangers thrown togetherIs there evil in paradise?

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players.

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace.

A young woman found murderedA scandal in the makingWhen Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there's only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple.

A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination.

A grand old London hotelA series of alarming coincidencesDanger lurking down every corridorImpeccable service.

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra.

The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder.