Written by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha ChristieThe Secret Adversary is written by Agatha Christie, immediately after her most successful first crime novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". This novel moves around the key characters named Tommy and Tuppence and perhaps appears in five of the preceding novels of Agatha. Thomas Bereford nicknamed Tommy is a young Englishman ..
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha ChristieCastle’s Select Tour, represented by seven depressed-looking females and three perspiring males, looked on with considerable interest. Evidently their Mr. Cade had met an old friend. They all admired Mr. Cade so much, his tall lean figure, his sun-tanned face, the light-hearted manner with which he settled disputes and cajoled them all into good te..
The Plymouth Express Affair
by Agatha ChristieLieutenant Simpson had the carriage to himself. The December air was chilly, and he pulled up the window. Then he sniffed vaguely, and frowned. What a smell there was! Reminded him of that time in hospital, and the operation on his leg. Yes, chloroform; that was it!He let the window down again, changing his seat to one with its back to the engine. ..
The Hunter's Lodge Case
by Agatha ChristieTo begin with, Captain Hastings, you must understand that Hunter’s Lodge, where we are going, and where the tragedy took place, is only a small shooting-box in the heart of the Derbyshire moors. Our real home is near Newmarket, and we usually rent a flat in town for the season. Hunter’s Lodge is looked after by a housekeeper who is quite capable of..
The Missing Will
by Agatha ChristieThe problem presented to us by Miss Violet Marsh made a rather pleasant change from our usual routine work. Poirot had received a brisk and businesslike note from the lady asking for an appointment, and he had replied, asking her to call upon him at eleven o’clock the following day.She arrived punctually—a tall, handsome young woman, plainly but ne..