The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.

謀殺天后．推理女王．經典不朽

全球最暢銷的作者．跨世代的閱讀謎戀

 

　　★ 全新校訂，嶄新視覺編排設計

　　★ 特別收錄：克莉絲蒂大事記與推理作品出版年表 

 

　　在玫瑰紅城佩特拉高聳的紅色岩巖當中，柏敦夫人像一尊醜怪腫脹的佛像般，僵直地死在她的座椅上。她手腕上的一個小針孔是唯一的線索，它不容置疑地明確顯示出──有人謀殺了這位人人厭恨、專制獨裁的老太太。

 

　　赫丘勒．白羅只有二十四小時可以解決這個謎團。他無意間在耶路撒冷聽到柏敦家人說的一句話：「你很清楚非殺死她不可，對吧？」這使他將目標鎖定在她那五位飽受母親精神虐待的兒女身上。然而這果真是一樁慘絕人寰的逆天弒親案嗎？或是有人故布疑陣，趁機借刀殺了人？凶手奸巧異常，難於對付，且看白羅為本案撥雲見日，還無辜者一個公道！

　　 

　　全球每三到四人之中，就有一人讀過克莉絲蒂──

　　★ 作品譯成103種語言，金氏紀錄中「人類史上最暢銷的書籍作家」。

　　★ 全球狂銷超過20億冊，銷售量僅次於聖經及莎士比亞。

　　★ 唯一成功創造兩位知名神探（白羅＆瑪波）的犯罪小說作家，至今無人能及。

　　★ 作品登上大小銀幕數量最多，是導演與編劇的最愛。

　　★ 全套80冊，唯一最完整的推理經典。

 

國內外跨世代名家盛讚推薦

 

　　金庸（作家）．詹宏志（作家、PChome網路家庭董事長）

　　吳念真（作家、導演）．楊照（作家）．可樂王（藝術家）

　　吳若權（作家、節目主持人）．藍祖蔚（國家電影及視聽文化中心董事長）

　　李家同（作家、清華／靜宜／暨南大學榮譽教授）．袁瓊瓊（作家）

　　鄧惠文（精神科醫師）．吳曉樂（作家）

　　許皓宜（心理學作家）．一頁華爾滋Kristin（影評人）

　　冬陽（推理評論人）．石芳瑜（作家、永樂座書店店主）

　　余小芳（暨南大學推理研究社指導老師、台灣推理作家協會常務理事）．林怡辰（國小教師、教育部閱讀推手）

　　張東君（推理評論家、科普作家）．發光小魚（呂湘瑜）（文史作家、助理教授）

　　盧郁佳（作家）．賴以威（臺灣師範大學電機系副教授）

　　謝哲青（作家、旅行家、知名節目主持人）．許榮哲（華語首席故事教練）

　　臥斧（推理小說家）．膝關節（影評人）

　 

　　閱讀克莉絲蒂的小說，在謎底沒有揭露之前，這種過程非常令人享受。──金庸｜作家

 

　　推理小說中沒有一位說故事者像她這麼老少咸宜，雅俗共享，歷久不衰。──詹宏志｜作家、PChome網路家庭董事長

 

　　文字的敘述可以讓全世界幾代的人「聽」得過癮、「聽」個不停，除了聖經，也許就是克莉絲蒂。她不是神，但她真的夠神。──吳念真｜作家、導演 

 

　　克莉絲蒂個性中的雙面成分，造就了特殊的偵探魅力。……不管後來的偵探、推理小說發展了多少巧妙詭計，克莉絲蒂卻不會過時。──楊照｜作家

 

　　在人生適合的下午裡，我總是一面嚼著口香糖，一面跟著矮子偵探白羅穿梭謀殺現場，克莉絲蒂的推理作品無疑是推理世界中最充滿「魔術性」的小說。──可樂王｜藝術家

 

　　克莉絲蒂一系列的作品，簡直就是洞徹人性的算命師。而讀者，在她的文字中，發現了自己無可奉告的命運。──吳若權｜作家、節目主持人

 

　　推理小說重布局、重人物描寫，克莉絲蒂最厲害的卻是犀利的人性觀察……看完她的小說，你只會更加訝異，到底是什麼樣的心靈才能成就這般視野？──藍祖蔚｜國家電影及視聽文化中心董事長

 

　　看小說應該要花腦筋、要思考，從小就要養成思辨的能力，看克莉絲蒂的小說，就是對邏輯思考能力極佳的訓練。──李家同｜作家、清華／靜宜／暨南大學榮譽教授

　　 

　　雖然被公認是冷靜理性的謀殺天后，但是在理性之下，克莉絲蒂的底色依舊是感情。克莉絲蒂很明白，所有的慾望之後，都無非是某種愛情。──袁瓊瓊｜作家

 

　　克莉絲蒂所塑造的人物生動且各具特色，不同個性所出現的情緒反應描寫，皆細膩而準確，讓讀者產生豐富的想像空間，一展卷便欲罷而不能。──鄧惠文｜精神科醫師

 

　　文學作品不問類型，若要流傳於世，最終仍得上溯至「人性」的理解與反思。……我認為，這也是克莉絲蒂的作品能夠璀璨經年、暢銷不衰的主因。──吳曉樂｜作家

 

　　推理小說荒謬驚悚嗎？不，它其實很寫實。它幫我們說出心裡的苦、怨、醜陋的慾望，於是，我們可以重新學習愛了。──許皓宜｜心理學作家

 

　　閱讀克莉絲蒂最迷人之處往往不在真正的凶手是誰，而是在於「Why」（為什麼）與「How」（如何進行），在於人性與心理描摹的故事肌理。──一頁華爾滋Kristin｜影評人

 

　　設計犯罪事件的巧妙多元，既日常又異常，凶手更是叫人意想不到。……我因此沉醉在每一場迷人故事裡，成為這個類型書寫的俘虜，享受至今不疲的美好滋味。──冬陽｜推理評論人

 

　　布局細膩，處處留下線索，破案解說詳細，說明了這位安靜、害羞的推理小說女王心思縝密，且充滿想像力。──石芳瑜｜作家、永樂座書店店主

 

　　踏入推理文學領域需要認識的作家，阿嘉莎．克莉絲蒂絕對名列其中……故事內容與人物性格融為一體，以高超的想像力結合說好故事的能耐，為推理小說開創新局面。──余小芳｜暨南大學推理研究社指導老師、台灣推理作家協會常務理事

 

　　喜愛推理偵探作品的人不可不讀，你會驚異於她在文字中施展的魔法！──林怡辰｜國小教師、教育部閱讀推手

 

　　克奶奶的作品是跨越文字、國界的。只要看過一本，就會不停地追下去。──張東君｜推理評論家、科普作家

 

　　看她的小說不只能得到解謎的快樂，同時對人性也能夠有所省思。──發光小魚（呂湘瑜）｜文史作家、助理教授

 

　　國小時，家裡買了一套阿嘉莎．克莉絲蒂全集，從此成了我的毒品……陰謀在現實中沒有克莉絲蒂寫得那麼複雜，但她刻畫的心理卻是現實中解謎的試金石。──盧郁佳｜作家

 

　　我永遠記得第一次讀克莉絲蒂的作品時，被那宛如嚴謹設計數學謎題的鋪陳、推進給深深吸引、震撼。克莉絲蒂的推理小說被稱之為「經典」，可說是當之無愧。──賴以威｜臺灣師範大學電機系副教授 

 

　　我從克莉絲蒂的小說學到很多，除了推理小說有趣的事實之外，最重要的是，我在工作的職場跟人應對的時候，如何從語言和對話裡去捕捉某些隱而不顯的事實。──謝哲青｜作家、旅行家、知名節目主持人

 

　　克莉絲蒂是有史以來最偉大的魔術師，她可以把謀殺案轉變成娛樂消遣。 ──米蘭．昆德拉（Milan Kundera）｜文壇大師

 

　　儘管這世界這麼多寫作天才，但你還是很難不去說克莉絲蒂真是個天才。她就是這麼特別！──勞倫斯‧卜洛克（Lawrence Block）｜紐約時報暢銷作家

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing... Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that something sinister is about to happen... Beware - nobody is quite what they seem!

Agatha Christie’s most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.
Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

A collectable hardback of the world’s best-selling crime novel, with a facsimile of the first jacket design from 1939 to bear the legendary title ‘And Then There Were None’.
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again… and again…

An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed…
As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.
Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier’s yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major’s attention wandered. He never did finished the story…

十个互不相识的人，被富有的欧文先生邀请到了印地安岛上的私人别墅里。晚餐后，一个神秘的声音揭开了人们心中所各自隐藏着的可怕秘密。当天晚上，年轻的马斯顿先生离奇死去，古老的童谣就像诅咒一样笼罩着所有人，似乎有一双神秘的眼镜在时刻窥视着这场死亡游戏，到访者就像消失的印地安小瓷人一样一个又一个的走向死神……

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Innehåller:
*"Storviltjakt" Richard Connell
*"Fåglarna" Daphne Du Maurier
*"Den beslöjade damen" Agatha Christie
*"Mannen från Sydamerika" Roald Dahl
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This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since 1922. At a time when crime and thriller writing has once again overtaken the sales of general and literary fiction, Bodies from the Library unearths lost stories from the Golden Age, that period between the World Wars when detective fiction captured the public’s imagination and saw the emergence of some of the world’s cleverest and most popular storytellers. This anthology brings together 16 forgotten tales that have either been published only once before – perhaps in a newspaper or rare magazine – or have never before appeared in print. From a previously unpublished 1917 script featuring Ernest Bramah’s blind detective Max Carrados, to early 1950s crime stories written for London’s Evening Standard by Cyril Hare, Freeman Wills Crofts and A.A. Milne, it spans five decades of writing by masters of the Golden Age. Most anticipated of all are the contributions by women writers: the first detective story by Georgette Heyer, unseen since 1923; an unpublished story by Christianna Brand, creator of Nanny McPhee; and a dark tale by Agatha Christie published only in an Australian journal in 1922 during her ‘Grand Tour’ of the British Empire. With other stories by Detection Club stalwarts Anthony Berkeley, H.C. Bailey, J.J. Connington, John Rhode and Nicholas Blake, plus Vincent Cornier, Leo Bruce, Roy Vickers and Arthur Upfield, this essential collection harks back to a time before forensic science – when murder was a complex business.

In Heroes, Peter C. Newman gives us incisive analysis of dozens of Canadians, past and present, who have defined this country, drawing on fifty years of writing. He writes about iconic Canadians such as Terry Fox, Margaret Atwood and June Callwood. From the political ring, he discusses the legacies of Pierre Trudeau, Christina McCall and Lester B. Pearson, among others. And from the world of business, Newman includes some of the most active entrepreneurs on the planet, including Jimmy Pattison and Paul Desmarais. The grand literary master at the top of his game shares the inside stories of these pivotal characters whose lives and times set examples for all of us.

美丽动人、在影视圈里风生水起大半辈子的大明星玛丽娜搬进了马普尔小姐所在的乡村小镇。风韵犹存的女明星举办盛大派对宴请小镇居民，每位来客都热情地上前攀谈，然而原本谈笑风生的女主人突然望着虚空中的一点，表情仿佛凝固了一般。

这一奇异的画面被几位细心的客人捕捉到，事后众说纷纭，唯一相似的说法是，大家都觉得女主人那时如同看到了噩运。果然，不久后噩运降临，富丽堂皇的女星豪宅迎来一连串凶杀……

Our indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a very old crime.

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs.

In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Have they dredged up a “perfect” crime committed many years before?

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "Sleeping Murder." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."

"A Murder is Announced" is a staple of crime fiction and often considered as the best Miss Marple novel. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple who is staying nearby, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ Is this a childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd gathers at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…

The novel was promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "A Murder is Announced." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."

In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man. . . .

Agatha Christie's seasonal mystery thriller in a sumptuous Christmas hardback Special Edition.

'There is, at Christmas, a spirit of goodwill. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! If you dam the stream of natural behaviour, mon ami, sooner or later the dam bursts and a cataclysm occurs!' It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man...

The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide. Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.

Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.

Miss Marple, en vacances aux Antilles, se livre à sa distraction favorite : étudier les hôtes de son hôtel. Le Major Palgrave ne cesse de l'accabler du récit de ses exploits. Mais le Major parle trop. Il meurt.
Pourquoi a-t-on tué cet inoffensif vieillard, et qui ? Cette mort, apparemment naturelle, cache un crime. Miss Marple découvrira-t-elle le coupable ?

Pourquoi glisser une poignée de seigle dans la poche d'un homme après l'avoir empoisonné ? Pourquoi accrocher un cintre à vêtements dans le nez d'une jeune fille après l'avoir étranglée ? Que signifient ces indices saugrenus ? Sont-ils la signature du meurtrier ? Dans ce cas, il ne peut s'agir que d'un fou.
D'un monstre. Un dangereux maniaque se promène en toute liberté à Yewtree Lodge. Un maniaque qui peut frapper de nouveau. Un maniaque que miss Marple est venue démasquer. Car ce qui peut paraître saugrenu à certains prend une signification à ses yeux. Miss Marple est une très vieille dame et elle a vu tant de choses...

Alors qu'il rentre de mission et compte s'arrêter quelques jours à Istanbul, Hercule Poirot est rappelé d'urgence à Londres. On est en hiver et à cette époque de l'année, l'Orient Express roule habituellement quasiment à vide. Pourtant, sans l'aide du directeur de la compagnie, Hercule Poirot n'aurait pas trouvé de place à bord, comme si tous les voyageurs s'étaient donné rendez-vous dans ce train ! Dès la première nuit, un homme est assassiné. Le train est immobilisé par la neige qui empêche l'assassin de s'enfuir. Dans les wagons isolés du reste du monde, Hercule Poirot, au sommet de son art, mène l'enquête. Et ce ne sont pas les pistes qui manquent ! Chef-d'oeuvre incontesté de la littérature policière Le Crime de l'Orient Express présente une intrigue bouleversante, admirablement conçue et orchestrée. Pas un détail n'est laissé au hasard. Du sur mesure pour les petites cellules grises du précieux détective Hercule Poirot qui vit ici l'une de ses plus célèbres enquêtes. --Sophie Colpaert