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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. A retired Police Inspector recognizes a woman in his village whom he once suspected of murdering her husband. He is determined that her new husband won’t suffer the same fate....

Officer Luke Fitzwilliam is on a train to London when he meets a strange woman. She claims there is a serial killer in the quiet village of Wychwood. He has already taken the lives of three people and is about claim his fourth victim. Fitzwilliam dismisses this as the ramblings of an old woman. But within hours she is found dead. Crushed by a passing car. And then the fourth victim is found.

Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family. A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Dr. Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family: it means one of the family is a murderer.

Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country house poses a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death, Lord Comstock’s visitors included the government Chief Whip, an Archbishop, and the Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard. Suspicion falls upon them all and threatens the impartiality of any police investigation. Abandoning protocol, the Home Secretary invites four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham.

It’s late 2013, and the world’s best soccer players are gearing up for the 2015 World Cup. In London, Jamie has just completed her third year as a professional footballer at Arsenal Ladies F. C. Only one soccer dream still eludes her: a spot on the US women’s national team. Emma, a national team regular, has recently moved back to Seattle to play professionally in the NWSL, the latest incarnation of an American women’s pro soccer league.

Colin Lamb lavora per i servizi segreti britannici e durante una perlustrazione, si trova a essere testimone di un delitto. Dal civico 61 di Wilbrahan Crescent, una ragazza terrorizzata scappa in strada e va a finire proprio tra le sue braccia. Si chiama Sheila Webb, è bellissima, e ha appena visto il cadavere di un uomo. Dick Hardcastel, il capo della polizia locale, indaga su quel mistero che si somma ad altri misteri, a uomini e donne insospettabili che in realtà nascondono inquietanti segreti, a coperture apparentemente perfette che celano pericolose spie straniere.

La calda estate di Hercule Poirot, ancora una volta si trasforma in una vicenda dai contorni oscuri. E pensare che tutto è iniziato con i migliori presupposti, sotto il sole scintillante dell'isola del Contrabbandiere. Il Jolly Hotel è il buon ritiro estivo del famoso investigatore, di un prete con problemi psichici, di un ricco faccendiere, di una famosa soubrette, di una famosa stilista, di una coppia di americani, e di diverse altre persone desiderose di trascorrere al meglio un periodo di relax.

Nulla è come sembra, in questa avvincente versione audiolibro di "Se morisse mio marito", uno dei romanzi gialli più riusciti, della celebre Agatha Christie. E pure l'illustrissimo, intelligentissimo e insuperabile Hercule Poirot s'inganna, facendosi ammaliare prima dalle parole della bellissima Jane Wilkinson, e dall'interpretazione migliore della sua carriera, e poi dal candore della giovane Geraldine, e dall'avidità dell'affascinante Carlotta Adams.

The hilarious memoir from award-winning comedian Bridget Christie. When Bridget Christie walked into her local bookshop, she thought she'd come out with a book. And maybe a calendar of cute photos of cats (hopefully unlike you've just done). The last thing she thought she'd be leaving with was the need for a new wave of feminism and the start of an incredibly successful career.

L'Orient Express, il mitico treno che collega Londra e Parigi con Istanbul, è bloccato nei Balcani da un'eccezionale nevicata. Durante questa sosta inattesa un efferato omicidio nel vagone Istanbul-Calais sconvolge la tranquilla routine dei viaggiatori. A bordo dell'Orient Express però c'è anche Hercule Poirot, il geniale e originale investigatore privato belga. Poirot dovrà usare tutta la sua arguzia e le sue eccellenti doti investigative per scoprire l'assassino e risolvere uno dei suoi casi più celebri.

Christie Watson was a nurse for 20 years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.

On a dark evening, Mr. Harley Quin appears at the door of Royston Hall under the premise that his car has broken down. Once inside, he embarks upon the tragic tale of Royston Hall's former occupants, leading to a dramatic change in the perceptions of the current inhabitants - but has Mr. Quin's revelation come too late?

Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood and that her local doctor is next in line. But within hours, Miss Pinkerton has been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke is inclined to think so - until he reads in the Times of the unexpected demise of Wychwood's Dr. Humbleby....

"Mi secca ammetterlo perché a volte Hercule Poirot è davvero insopportabile, ma il suo intuito è fenomenale: ha risolto un caso che non sembrava neanche un caso, e scovato un assassino che sembrava una vittima...". Arthur Hastings, collaboratore nonché amico dell'investigatore più celebre del Regno Unito, commenta con questa parole la fine di un'indagine lunga e complessa. Effettivamente, solo l'intelligenza acuta di Hercule Poirot avrebbe potuto individuare circostanze sospette nella morte apparentemente naturale di una vecchia e ricca signorina, Emily Arundel.

It's AD 37. In this story of secrecy and betrayal, Caligula Caesar has just become Rome's new master. Senator Titus Carinna, who helped him succeed to the throne, knows the inexperienced young ruler needs a companion he can trust. It's a shame the Senator's older son - Caligula's closest friend - committed suicide after being charged with treason. But that still leaves Marcus, his second son. Headstrong and hot-tempered, Marcus would rather prove his courage by leading legions against Rome's enemies.

Aleksi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Aleksi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi Germany under the identity of his best friend, the long lost nephew of a high-ranking Nazi official, or disappear forever in the basement of the Lubyanka. For Aleksi it's no choice at all.

Mord ist die beste Medizin - jedenfalls für Miss Marple, die sich eigentlich schonen sollte. Die Nachricht von dem Attentat auf die berühmte Schauspielerin Marina Gregg, die nur zufällig dem Tode entkam, weckt die Lebensgeister der alten Dame. Als der Diva auch noch ein mit Gift versetzter Kaffee serviert wird, ist Miss Marple schon auf der richtigen Spur.

When civilian life proves too dull for Major Wilbrahams, he contacts Parker Pyne to escape his boredom. Pyne's assistant arranges a chance meeting with the beautiful Freda Clegg and the two join forces, but on leaving for Africa they encounter more than they had bargained for.

Sometimes a chance meeting can change everything. At 15, Jamie Maxwell’s main goals in life are to make the United States youth national soccer pool, move past the Incident-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named, and maybe - someday - kiss a girl. When she meets Emma Blakeley at a tournament in Southern California, something about the older girl draws her in. And it isn’t that she expects to ever get the chance to kiss Emma. Really.

Hercule Poirot macht Ferien und ausgerechnet am Toten Meer. Da macht er die Bekanntschaft der Familie Boyton. Das Familienoberhaupt, die alte Mrs. Boyton, tyrannisiert ihre Tochter und ihre Stiefkinder. Da wird sie tot aufgefunden und Hercule Poirot weiß sofort, dass es Mord ist. Als er die Vergangenheit der Boytons untersucht, wird der Fall immer düsterer. Doch Poirot kann mit seinen kleinen grauen Zellen auch diesen Fall lösen!