Download or read book The Golden Ball written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. George Dundas has been disowned by his wealthy uncle for refusing to work hard. As he contemplates his fate, socialite Mary Montresor passes by in her car. She takes him off to the country and proposes marriage. They stop to investigate a pretty country house, and a maid opens the door to them. Mary picks a name at random and asks if the house belongs to Mrs. Pardonstenger. Amazingly, the maid leads them inside, where they encounter a very dangerous situation ...
Download or read book The Golden Ball An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book The Golden Ball And Other Stories written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sterling collection of short stories featuring Poirot and others, The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a riveting compendium of shocking secrets, dastardly crimes, and brilliant detection—a showcase of Dame Agatha at her very best. Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? W hat unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Mystery takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.
Download or read book The Golden Ball written by Agatha Christie and published by MB Cooltura. This book was released on 2023-09-24 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave young man is fired from the family business by his millionaire uncle. Embittered, he accidentally meets a girl who is fleeing her engagement to a duke and seems to be looking for the same thing as him: a day off. They will live a great adventure together and discover that despite their differences they can be soul mates.
Download or read book A Fruitful Sunday written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Edward Palgrove has saved up to buy a small car, which he and his fiancée, Dorothy Pratt, are both proud of. But neither one is prepared for the journey it will take them on.
Download or read book Next to a Dog written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Widow Joyce Lambert is poor and out of work. So fond is she of her little half-blind aging terrier, Terry—a gift from her late husband—that she will do just about anything to keep him.
Download or read book The Listerdale Mystery An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book The Golden Ball and Other Stories written by Agatha Christie and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of short stories where the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying"--
Download or read book The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories written by Agatha Christie and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together nine rare ... tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of [Christie's] storytelling [abilities]"--Back cover.
Download or read book The Girl in the Train An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. When Sir Arthur Carmichael, the young and healthy heir to a large estate, starts behaving strangely, psychiatrist Edward Carstairs is summoned to assess the situation. Sir Arthur appears to be behaving like a cat—only days after his mother killed a grey Persian!
Download or read book The Rajah s Emerald An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book Manx Gold written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories. Two cousins, Fenella Mylecharane and Juan Faraker, are engaged. When their eccentric uncle dies, they eagerly return to the Isle of Man for the reading of the will. Having grown up hearing tales of buried treasure on the island, they are excited when the will reveals that their uncle found it. But where?
Download or read book The Gipsy An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book The Hound of Death written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. A young Englishman visiting Cornwall finds himself delving into the legend of a Belgian nun who is living as a refugee in the village. Possessed of supernatural powers, she is said to have caused her entire convent to explode when it was occupied by invading German soldiers during World War I. Sister Angelique was the only survivor. Could such a tall tale possibly be true?
Download or read book The Lamp An Agatha Christie Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book Jane in Search of a Job written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane’s disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…
