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The very first collection of superb short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings…First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond… then came the ‘suicide’ that was murder… the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat… a suspicious death in a locked gun-room… a million dollar bond robbery… the curse of a pharoah’s tomb… a jewel robbery by the sea… the abduction of a Prime Minister… the disappearance of a banker… a phone call from a dying man… and, finally, the mystery of the missing willl.What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.'Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better. When it is revealed that Pip has inherited a large sum of money from a mysterious benefactor on the condition that he moves to London to become a gentleman, Pip's adventure really begins. Epic, illuminating and memorable, Dickens mysterious tale of Pip's quest to find the truth about himself is one of his most enduring and popular novels to date.

Артур Конан Дойл (1859–1930), хотя и написал много рас-сказов, романов и даже 3 тома стихотворений, остается для всех «автором» Шерлока Холмса, который борется с десятками все-возможных злодеев.В предлагаемой читателю неадаптированной повести «Собака Баскервилей» «отшельник с Бейкер-стрит» раскрывает очередное запутанное преступление. Занимательная интрига и простота повествования, словарь, комментарии и перевод особенно сложных для понимания фразеологических оборотов поможет изучающим английский язык получить удовольствие от чтения в оригинале знакомого с детства детектива.