The Clocks Read online




  Agatha Christie

  The Clocks

  A Hercule Poirot Mystery

  To my old friend Mario

  with happy memories of delicious food

  at the Caprice.

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  About the Author

  Other Books by Agatha Christie

  Credits

  Copyright

  About the Publisher

  Prologue

  The afternoon of the 9th of September was exactly like any other afternoon. None of those who were to be concerned in the events of that day could lay claim to having had a premonition of disaster. (With the exception, that is, of Mrs. Packer of 47, Wilbraham Crescent, who specialized in premonitions, and who always described at great length afterwards the peculiar forebodings and tremors that had beset her. But Mrs. Packer at No. 47, was so far away from No. 19, and so little concerned with the happenings there, that it seemed unnecessary for her to have had a premonition at all.)

  At the Cavendish Secretarial and Typewriting Bureau, Principal, Miss K. Martindale, September 9th had been a dull day, a day of routine. The telephone rang, typewriters clicked, the pressure of business was average, neither above nor below its usual volume. None of it was particularly interesting. Up till 2:35, September 9th might have been a day like any other day.

  At 2:35 Miss Martindale’s buzzer went, and Edna Brent in the outer office answered it in her usual breathy and slightly nasal voice, as she manoeuvred a toffee along the line of her jaw.

  “Yes, Miss Martindale?”

  “Now, Edna—that is not the way I’ve told you to speak when answering the telephone. Enunciate clearly, and keep your breath behind your tone.”

  “Sorry, Miss Martindale.”

  “That’s better. You can do it when you try. Send Sheila Webb in to me.”

  “She’s not back from lunch yet, Miss Martindale.”

  “Ah.” Miss Martindale’s eye consulted the clock on her desk. 2:36. Exactly six minutes late. Sheila Webb had been getting slack lately. “Send her in when she comes.”

  “Yes, Miss Martindale.”

  Edna restored the toffee to the centre of her tongue and, sucking pleasurably, resumed her typing of Naked Love by Armand Levine. Its painstaking eroticism left her uninterested—as indeed it did most of Mr. Levine’s readers, in spite of his efforts. He was a notable example of the fact that nothing can be duller than dull pornography. In spite of lurid jackets and provocative titles, his sales went down every year, and his last typing bill had already been sent in three times.

  The door opened and Sheila Webb came in, slightly out of breath.

  “Sandy Cat’s asking for you,” said Edna.

  Sheila Webb made a face.

  “Just my luck—on the one day I’m late back!”

  She smoothed down her hair, picked up pad and pencil, and knocked at the Principal’s door.

  Miss Martindale looked up from her desk. She was a woman of forty-odd, bristling with efficiency. Her pompadour of pale reddish hair and her Christian name of Katherine had led to her nickname of Sandy Cat.

  “You’re late back, Miss Webb.”

  “Sorry, Miss Martindale. There was a terrific bus jam.”

  “There is always a terrific bus jam at this time of day. You should allow for it.” She referred to a note on her pad. “A Miss Pebmarsh rang up. She wants a stenographer at three o’clock. She asked for you particularly. Have you worked for her before?”

  “I can’t remember doing so, Miss Martindale. Not lately anyway.”

  “The address is 19, Wilbraham Crescent.” She paused questioningly, but Sheila Webb shook her head.

  “I can’t remember going there.”

  Miss Martindale glanced at the clock.

  “Three o’clock. You can manage that easily. Have you any other appointments this afternoon? Ah, yes,” her eye ran down the appointment book at her elbow. “Professor Purdy at the Curlew Hotel. Five o’clock. You ought to be back before then. If not, I can send Janet.”

  She gave a nod of dismissal, and Sheila went back to the outer office.

  “Anything interesting, Sheila?”

  “Just another of those dull days. Some old pussy up at Wilbraham Crescent. And at five Professor Purdy—all those awful archaeological names! How I wish something exciting could sometimes happen.”

  Miss Martindale’s door opened.

  “I see I have a memo here, Sheila. If Miss Pebmarsh is not back when you arrive, you are to go in, the door will not be latched. Go in and go into the room on the right of the hall and wait. Can you remember that or shall I write it down?”

  “I can remember it, Miss Martindale.”

  Miss Martindale went back into her sanctum.

  Edna Brent fished under her chair and brought up, secretly, a rather flashy shoe and a stiletto heel that had become detached from it.

  “However am I going to get home?” she moaned.

  “Oh, do stop fussing—we’ll think of something,” said one of the other girls, and resumed her typing.

  Edna sighed and put in a fresh sheet of paper:

  “Desire had him in its grasp. With frenzied fingers he tore the fragile chiffon from her breasts and forced her down on the soap.”

  “Damn,” said Edna and reached for the eraser.

  Sheila picked up her handbag and went out.

  Wilbraham Crescent was a fantasy executed by a Victorian builder in the 1880’s. It was a half-moon of double houses and gardens set back to back. This conceit was a source of considerable difficulty to persons unacquainted with the locality. Those who arrived on the outer side were unable to find the lower numbers and those who hit the inner side first were baffled as to the whereabouts of the higher numbers. The houses were neat, prim, artistically balconied and eminently respectable. Modernization had as yet barely touched them—on the outside, that is to say. Kitchens and bathrooms were the first to feel the wind of change.

  There was nothing unusual about No. 19. It had neat curtains and a well-polished brass front doorhandle. There were standard rose trees each side of the path leading to the front door.

  Sheila Webb opened the front gate, walked up to the front door and rang the bell. There was no response and after waiting a minute or two, she did as she had been directed, and turned the handle. The door opened and she walked in. The door on the right of the small hall was ajar. She tapped on it, waited, and then walked in. It was an ordinary quite pleasant sitting room, a little overfurnished for modern tastes. The only thing at all remarkable about it was the profusion of clocks—a grandfather clock ticking in the corner, a Dresden china clock on the mantelpiece, a silver carriage clock on the desk, a small fancy gilt clock on a whatnot near the fireplace and on a table by the window, a faded leather travelling clock, with ROSEMARY in worn gilt letters across the corner.

  Sheila Webb looked at the clock on the desk with some surprise. It showe
d the time to be a little after ten minutes past four. Her gaze shifted to the chimney piece. The clock there said the same.

  Sheila started violently as there was a whir and a click above her head, and from a wooden carved clock on the wall a cuckoo sprang out through his little door and announced loudly and definitely: Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo! The harsh note seemed almost menacing. The cuckoo disappeared again with a snap of his door.

  Sheila Webb gave a half-smile and walked round the end of the sofa. Then she stopped short, pulling up with a jerk.

  Sprawled on the floor was the body of a man. His eyes were half open and sightless. There was a dark moist patch on the front of his dark grey suit. Almost mechanically Sheila bent down. She touched his cheek—cold—his hand, the same … touched the wet patch and drew her hand away sharply, staring at it in horror.

  At that moment she heard the click of a gate outside, her head turned mechanically to the window. Through it she saw a woman’s figure hurrying up the path. Sheila swallowed mechanically—her throat was dry. She stood rooted to the spot, unable to move, to cry out … staring in front of her.

  The door opened and a tall elderly woman entered, carrying a shopping bag. She had wavy grey hair pulled back from her forehead, and her eyes were a wide and beautiful blue. Their gaze passed unseeingly over Sheila.

  Sheila uttered a faint sound, no more than a croak. The wide blue eyes came to her and the woman spoke sharply:

  “Is somebody there?”

  “I—it’s—” The girl broke off as the woman came swiftly towards her round the back of the sofa.

  And then she screamed.

  “Don’t—don’t … you’ll tread on it—him … And he’s dead….”

  One

  COLIN LAMB’S NARRATIVE

  I

  To use police terms: at 2:59 p.m. on September 9th, I was proceeding along Wilbraham Crescent in a westerly direction. It was my first introduction to Wilbraham Crescent, and frankly Wilbraham Crescent had me baffled.

  I had been following a hunch with a persistence becoming more dogged day by day as the hunch seemed less and less likely to pay off. I’m like that.

  The number I wanted was 61, and could I find it? No, I could not. Having studiously followed the numbers from 1 to 35, Wilbraham Crescent then appeared to end. A thoroughfare uncompromisingly labelled Albany Road barred my way. I turned back. On the north side there were no houses, only a wall. Behind the wall, blocks of modern flats soared upwards, the entrance of them being obviously in another road. No help there.

  I looked up at the numbers I was passing. 24, 23, 22, 21. Diana Lodge (presumably 20, with an orange cat on the gatepost washing its face), 19—

  The door of 19 opened and a girl came out of it and down the path with what seemed to be the speed of a bomb. The likeness to a bomb was intensified by the screaming that accompanied her progress. It was high and thin and singularly inhuman. Through the gate the girl came and collided with me with a force that nearly knocked me off the pavement. She did not only collide. She clutched—a frenzied desperate clutching.

  “Steady,” I said, as I recovered my balance. I shook her slightly. “Steady now.”

  The girl steadied. She still clutched, but she stopped screaming. Instead she gasped—deep sobbing gasps.

  I can’t say that I reacted to the situation with any brilliance. I asked her if anything was the matter. Recognizing that my question was singularly feeble I amended it.

  “What’s the matter?”

  The girl took a deep breath.

  “In there!” she gestured behind her.

  “Yes?”

  “There’s a man on the floor … dead … She was going to step on him.”

  “Who was? Why?”

  “I think—because she’s blind. And there’s blood on him.” She looked down and loosened one of her clutching hands. “And on me. There’s blood on me.”

  “So there is,” I said. I looked at the stains on my coat sleeve. “And on me as well now,” I pointed out. I sighed and considered the situation. “You’d better take me in and show me,” I said.

  But she began to shake violently.

  “I can’t—I can’t … I won’t go in there again.”

  “Perhaps you’re right.” I looked round. There seemed nowhere very suitable to deposit a half-fainting girl. I lowered her gently to the pavement and sat her with her back against the iron railings.

  “You stay there,” I said, “until I come back. I shan’t be long. You’ll be all right. Lean forward and put your head between your knees if you feel queer.”

  “I—I think I’m all right now.”

  She was a little doubtful about it, but I didn’t want to parley. I gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder and strode off briskly up the path. I went in through the door, hesitated a moment in the hallway, looked into the door on the left, found an empty dining room, crossed the hall and entered the sitting room opposite.

  The first thing I saw was an elderly woman with grey hair sitting in a chair. She turned her head sharply as I entered and said:

  “Who’s that?”

  I realized at once that the woman was blind. Her eyes which looked directly towards me were focused on a spot behind my left ear.

  I spoke abruptly and to the point.

  “A young woman rushed out into the street saying there was a dead man in here.”

  I felt a sense of absurdity as I said the words. It did not seem possible that there should be a dead man in this tidy room with this calm woman sitting in her chair with her hands folded.

  But her answer came at once.

  “Behind the sofa,” she said.

  I moved round the angle of the sofa. I saw it then—the out-flung arms—the glazed eyes—the congealing patch of blood.

  “How did this happen?” I asked abruptly.

  “I don’t know.”

  “But—surely. Who is he?”

  “I have no idea.”

  “We must get the police.” I looked round. “Where’s the telephone?”

  “I have not got a telephone.”

  I concentrated upon her more closely.

  “You live here? This is your house?”

  “Yes.”

  “Can you tell me what happened?”

  “Certainly. I came in from shopping—” I noted the shopping bag flung on a chair near the door. “I came in here. I realized at once there was someone in the room. One does very easily when one is blind. I asked who was there. There was no answer—only the sound of someone breathing rather quickly. I went towards the sound—and then whoever it was cried out—something about someone being dead and that I was going to tread on him. And then whoever it was rushed past me out of the room screaming.”

  I nodded. Their stories clicked.

  “And what did you do?”

  “I felt my way very carefully until my foot touched an obstacle.”

  “And then?”

  “I knelt down. I touched something—a man’s hand. It was cold—there was no pulse … I got up and came over here and sat down—to wait. Someone was bound to come in due course. The young woman, whoever she was, would give the alarm. I thought I had better not leave the house.”

  I was impressed with the calm of this woman. She had not screamed, or stumbled panic-stricken from the house. She had sat down calmly to wait. It was the sensible thing to do, but it must have taken some doing.

  Her voice inquired:

  “Who exactly are you?”

  “My name is Colin Lamb. I happened to be passing by.”

  “Where is the young woman?”

  “I left her propped up by the gate. She’s suffering from shock. Where is the nearest telephone?”

  “There is a call box about fifty yards down the road just before you come to the corner.”

  “Of course. I remember passing it. I’ll go and ring the police. Will you—” I hesitated.

  I didn’t know whether to say “Will you remain here?” or to make it “Wi
ll you be all right?”

  She relieved me from my choice.

  “You had better bring the girl into the house,” she said decisively.

  “I don’t know that she will come,” I said doubtfully.

  “Not into this room, naturally. Put her in the dining room the other side of the hall. Tell her I am making some tea.”

  She rose and came towards me.

  “But—can you manage—”

  A faint grim smile showed for a moment on her face.

  “My dear young man. I have made meals for myself in my own kitchen ever since I came to live in this house—fourteen years ago. To be blind is not necessarily to be helpless.”

  “I’m sorry. It was stupid of me. Perhaps I ought to know your name?”

  “Millicent Pebmarsh—Miss.”

  I went out and down the path. The girl looked up at me and began to struggle to her feet.

  “I—I think I’m more or less all right now.”

  I helped her up, saying cheerfully:

  “Good.”

  “There—there was a dead man in there, wasn’t there?”

  I agreed promptly.

  “Certainly there was. I’m just going down to the telephone box to report it to the police. I should wait in the house if I were you.” I raised my voice to cover her quick protest. “Go into the dining room—on the left as you go in. Miss Pebmarsh is making a cup of tea for you.”

  “So that was Miss Pebmarsh? And she’s blind?”

  “Yes. It’s been a shock to her, too, of course, but she’s being very sensible. Come on, I’ll take you in. A cup of tea will do you good whilst you are waiting for the police to come.”

  I put an arm round her shoulders and urged her up the path. I settled her comfortably by the dining room table, and hurried off again to telephone.

 

    Murder in the Mews Read onlineMurder in the MewsPostern of Fate Read onlinePostern of FateThe Regatta Mystery and Other Stories Read onlineThe Regatta Mystery and Other StoriesSad Cypress Read onlineSad CypressWhy Didn't They Ask Evans? Read onlineWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?After the Funeral Read onlineAfter the FuneralAnd Then There Were None Read onlineAnd Then There Were NoneThe Witness for the Prosecution Read onlineThe Witness for the ProsecutionMurder on the Orient Express Read onlineMurder on the Orient ExpressThe Seven Dials Mystery Read onlineThe Seven Dials MysteryHercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories Read onlineHercule Poirot: The Complete Short StoriesThe Mysterious Affair at Styles Read onlineThe Mysterious Affair at StylesSleeping Murder Read onlineSleeping MurderHickory Dickory Dock Read onlineHickory Dickory DockThe Moving Finger Read onlineThe Moving FingerThe Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side Read onlineThe Mirror Crack'd From Side to SideOrdeal by Innocence Read onlineOrdeal by InnocenceMrs. McGinty's Dead Read onlineMrs. McGinty's DeadProblem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories Read onlineProblem at Pollensa Bay and Other StoriesDeath Comes as the End Read onlineDeath Comes as the EndEndless Night Read onlineEndless NightParker Pyne Investigates Read onlineParker Pyne InvestigatesPoirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries Read onlinePoirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot MysteriesMurder Is Easy Read onlineMurder Is EasyAn Autobiography Read onlineAn AutobiographyOne, Two, Buckle My Shoe Read onlineOne, Two, Buckle My ShoeA Pocket Full of Rye Read onlineA Pocket Full of RyeThe Mysterious Mr. Quin Read onlineThe Mysterious Mr. QuinThe Mystery of the Blue Train Read onlineThe Mystery of the Blue TrainHercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Read onlineHercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot MysteryCards on the Table (SB) Read onlineCards on the Table (SB)Three Act Tragedy Read onlineThree Act TragedyThe Secret Adversary Read onlineThe Secret AdversaryThe Body in the Library Read onlineThe Body in the LibraryThe Pale Horse Read onlineThe Pale HorseWhile the Light Lasts Read onlineWhile the Light LastsThe Golden Ball and Other Stories Read onlineThe Golden Ball and Other StoriesDouble Sin and Other Stories Read onlineDouble Sin and Other StoriesThe Secret of Chimneys Read onlineThe Secret of ChimneysFive Little Pigs Read onlineFive Little PigsMurder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Read onlineMurder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot MysteryThe Mousetrap and Other Plays Read onlineThe Mousetrap and Other PlaysLord Edgware Dies Read onlineLord Edgware DiesThe Hound of Death Read onlineThe Hound of DeathThe Murder on the Links Read onlineThe Murder on the LinksA Caribbean Mystery Read onlineA Caribbean MysteryPeril at End House: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Read onlinePeril at End House: A Hercule Poirot MysteryThe Thirteen Problems Read onlineThe Thirteen ProblemsBy the Pricking of My Thumbs Read onlineBy the Pricking of My ThumbsMrs McGinty's Dead / the Labours of Hercules (Agatha Christie Collected Works) Read onlineMrs McGinty's Dead / the Labours of Hercules (Agatha Christie Collected Works)Appointment With Death Read onlineAppointment With DeathMurder Is Announced Read onlineMurder Is AnnouncedThe Big Four Read onlineThe Big FourThree Blind Mice and Other Stories Read onlineThree Blind Mice and Other StoriesHercule Poirot- the Complete Short Stories Read onlineHercule Poirot- the Complete Short StoriesPassenger to Frankfurt Read onlinePassenger to FrankfurtThey Do It With Mirrors Read onlineThey Do It With MirrorsPoirot Investigates Read onlinePoirot InvestigatesThe Coming of Mr. Quin: A Short Story Read onlineThe Coming of Mr. Quin: A Short Story4:50 From Paddington Read online4:50 From PaddingtonThe Last Seance Read onlineThe Last SeanceDead Man's Folly Read onlineDead Man's FollyThe Adventure of the Christmas Pudding Read onlineThe Adventure of the Christmas PuddingThe A.B.C. Murders Read onlineThe A.B.C. MurdersDeath in the Clouds Read onlineDeath in the CloudsTowards Zero Read onlineTowards ZeroThe Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories Read onlineThe Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other StoriesHallowe'en Party Read onlineHallowe'en PartyMurder at the Vicarage Read onlineMurder at the VicarageCards on the Table Read onlineCards on the TableDeath on the Nile Read onlineDeath on the NileCurtain Read onlineCurtainPartners in Crime Read onlinePartners in CrimeThe Listerdale Mystery / the Clocks (Agatha Christie Collected Works) Read onlineThe Listerdale Mystery / the Clocks (Agatha Christie Collected Works)Taken at the Flood Read onlineTaken at the FloodDumb Witness Read onlineDumb WitnessThe Complete Tommy and Tuppence Read onlineThe Complete Tommy and TuppenceProblem at Pollensa Bay Read onlineProblem at Pollensa BayCat Among the Pigeons Read onlineCat Among the PigeonsAt Bertram's Hotel Read onlineAt Bertram's HotelNemesis Read onlineNemesisMiss Marple's Final Cases Read onlineMiss Marple's Final CasesThe Hollow Read onlineThe HollowMidwinter Murder Read onlineMidwinter MurderThey Came to Baghdad Read onlineThey Came to BaghdadThird Girl Read onlineThird GirlDestination Unknown Read onlineDestination UnknownHercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly Read onlineHercule Poirot and the Greenshore FollyPostern of Fate tat-5 Read onlinePostern of Fate tat-5Midsummer Mysteries Read onlineMidsummer MysteriesPoirot's Early Cases hp-38 Read onlinePoirot's Early Cases hp-38Sparkling Cyanide Read onlineSparkling CyanideStar over Bethlehem Read onlineStar over BethlehemBlack Coffee hp-7 Read onlineBlack Coffee hp-7Hercule Poirot's Casebook (hercule poirot) Read onlineHercule Poirot's Casebook (hercule poirot)Murder in Mesopotamia hp-14 Read onlineMurder in Mesopotamia hp-14A Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries) Read onlineA Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)The Listerdale Mystery Read onlineThe Listerdale MysteryThe Complete Tommy & Tuppence Collection Read onlineThe Complete Tommy & Tuppence CollectionLord Edgware Dies hp-8 Read onlineLord Edgware Dies hp-8Death in the Clouds hp-12 Read onlineDeath in the Clouds hp-12Short Stories Read onlineShort StoriesThird Girl hp-37 Read onlineThird Girl hp-37Why Didn't They Ask Evans Read onlineWhy Didn't They Ask EvansAdventure of the Christmas Pudding and other stories Read onlineAdventure of the Christmas Pudding and other storiesCards on the Table hp-15 Read onlineCards on the Table hp-15The Mystery of the Blue Train hp-6 Read onlineThe Mystery of the Blue Train hp-6After the Funeral hp-29 Read onlineAfter the Funeral hp-29Poirot Investigates hp-3 Read onlinePoirot Investigates hp-3Murder on the Links hp-2 Read onlineMurder on the Links hp-2The Mysterious Mr Quin Read onlineThe Mysterious Mr QuinCurtain hp-39 Read onlineCurtain hp-39Hercule Poirot's Christmas hp-19 Read onlineHercule Poirot's Christmas hp-19Partners in Crime tat-2 Read onlinePartners in Crime tat-2The Clocks hp-36 Read onlineThe Clocks hp-36Murder, She Said Read onlineMurder, She SaidThe Clocks Read onlineThe ClocksThe Hollow hp-24 Read onlineThe Hollow hp-24Appointment with Death hp-21 Read onlineAppointment with Death hp-21Murder in the mews hp-18 Read onlineMurder in the mews hp-18The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd hp-4 Read onlineThe Murder Of Roger Ackroyd hp-4Dumb Witness hp-16 Read onlineDumb Witness hp-16The Sittaford Mystery Read onlineThe Sittaford MysteryMrs McGinty's Dead Read onlineMrs McGinty's DeadEvil Under the Sun Read onlineEvil Under the SunThe A.B.C. Murders hp-12 Read onlineThe A.B.C. Murders hp-12The Murder at the Vicarage mm-1 Read onlineThe Murder at the Vicarage mm-1The Body in the Library mm-3 Read onlineThe Body in the Library mm-3Miss Marple and Mystery Read onlineMiss Marple and MysterySleeping Murder mm-14 Read onlineSleeping Murder mm-14By the Pricking of My Thumbs tat-4 Read onlineBy the Pricking of My Thumbs tat-4A Pocket Full of Rye mm-7 Read onlineA Pocket Full of Rye mm-7Hickory Dickory Dock: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Read onlineHickory Dickory Dock: A Hercule Poirot MysteryThe Big Four hp-5 Read onlineThe Big Four hp-5The Labours of Hercules hp-26 Read onlineThe Labours of Hercules hp-26The Complete Miss Marple Collection Read onlineThe Complete Miss Marple CollectionThe Labours of Hercules Read onlineThe Labours of Hercules4.50 From Paddington Read online4.50 From PaddingtonA Murder Is Announced mm-5 Read onlineA Murder Is Announced mm-5Agahta Christie: An autobiography Read onlineAgahta Christie: An autobiographyHallowe'en Party hp-36 Read onlineHallowe'en Party hp-36Black Coffee Read onlineBlack CoffeeThe Mysterious Affair at Styles hp-1 Read onlineThe Mysterious Affair at Styles hp-1Three-Act Tragedy Read onlineThree-Act TragedyBest detective short stories Read onlineBest detective short storiesThree Blind Mice Read onlineThree Blind MiceNemesis mm-11 Read onlineNemesis mm-11The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side mm-8 Read onlineThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side mm-8The ABC Murders Read onlineThe ABC MurdersPoirot's Early Cases Read onlinePoirot's Early CasesThe Unexpected Guest Read onlineThe Unexpected GuestA Caribbean Mystery - Miss Marple 09 Read onlineA Caribbean Mystery - Miss Marple 09The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Read onlineThe Murder of Roger AckroydElephants Can Remember hp-39 Read onlineElephants Can Remember hp-39The Mirror Crack'd: from Side to Side Read onlineThe Mirror Crack'd: from Side to SideSad Cypress hp-21 Read onlineSad Cypress hp-21Peril at End House Read onlinePeril at End HouseElephants Can Remember Read onlineElephants Can RememberBest detective stories of Agatha Christie Read onlineBest detective stories of Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot's Christmas Read onlineHercule Poirot's ChristmasThe Body In The Library - Miss Marple 02 Read onlineThe Body In The Library - Miss Marple 02Evil Under the Sun hp-25 Read onlineEvil Under the Sun hp-25The Capture of Cerberus Read onlineThe Capture of CerberusThe Hound of Death and Other Stories Read onlineThe Hound of Death and Other StoriesThe Thirteen Problems (miss marple) Read onlineThe Thirteen Problems (miss marple)The Thirteen Problems-The Tuesday Night Club Read onlineThe Thirteen Problems-The Tuesday Night ClubSpider's Web Read onlineSpider's WebAt Bertram's Hotel mm-12 Read onlineAt Bertram's Hotel mm-12The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection) Read onlineThe Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection)A Caribbean Mystery (miss marple) Read onlineA Caribbean Mystery (miss marple)A Murder Is Announced Read onlineA Murder Is AnnouncedClues to Christie Read onlineClues to ChristieThe Moving Finger mm-3 Read onlineThe Moving Finger mm-3The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories Read onlineThe Harlequin Tea Set and Other StoriesMurder on the Links Read onlineMurder on the LinksThe Murder at the Vicarage Read onlineThe Murder at the VicarageN or M tat-3 Read onlineN or M tat-3The Secret Adversary tat-1 Read onlineThe Secret Adversary tat-1The Burden Read onlineThe BurdenMrs McGinty's Dead hp-28 Read onlineMrs McGinty's Dead hp-28Dead Man's Folly hp-31 Read onlineDead Man's Folly hp-31Peril at End House hp-8 Read onlinePeril at End House hp-8Complete Short Stories Of Miss Marple mm-16 Read onlineComplete Short Stories Of Miss Marple mm-16Curtain: Poirot's Last Case Read onlineCurtain: Poirot's Last CaseThe Man in the Brown Suit Read onlineThe Man in the Brown SuitThey Do It With Mirrors mm-6 Read onlineThey Do It With Mirrors mm-6