An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his sons overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identicallurdered corpse.
ISBN: 978-0-00-711928-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"Убийство в "Восточном экспрессе" (1934) считается наиболее загадочным и виртуозным произведением Агаты Кристи. Действие романа разворачивается в трансъевропейском экспрессе, следующем из Стамбула в Кале. Попав в сильный снегопад, машинист вынужден остановить поезд в чистом поле. Таким образом все оказываются в снежном плену, между тем как в одном из купе обнаруживают тело убитого пассажира. За...
ISBN: 978-5-94962-168-4
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: март 2010
Las Vegas. Lost Wages. Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that its doubtful that anyone knows for sure what`s real and what isn`t in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate players destination-no matter what your game. Almost anything is available-for a price, mind you, and sometimes losers walk away from the tables with even less than just an empty wallet or purse-sometimes they don`t walk away at all. Now the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times-bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground, Las Vegas,...
ISBN: 978-0-7653-5365-8
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe," declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, "would be doing the world at large a favour!" It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later - when the Colonel is found shot dead in the clergyman`s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.
ISBN: 978-0-00-712085-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. Original stories at seven levels from starter to advanced, written specially for learners of English. With gripping plots and a range of genres to satisfy every taste, Cambridge English Readers offer high-quality original fiction that students will love! On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader`s girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it.
ISBN: 9780521736558
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Широко известный детектив Агаты Кристи может быть использован в качестве книги для домашнего чтения и пересказа произведения в целях развития навыков устной речи на начальном этапе изучения английского языка школьниками, студентами и слушателями языковых курсов.
ISBN: 9785954200430
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2008
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. Original stories at seven levels from starter to advanced, written specially for learners of English. With gripping plots and a range of genres to satisfy every taste, Cambridge English Readers offer high-quality original fiction that students will love! On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader`s girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it.
ISBN: 978-0-521-73654-1
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a self-help group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed
ISBN: 978-0-521-53663-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son`s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse.
