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In this set of short stories Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirot’s early cases from the days before he was famous…Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot could solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious.Chronicled by his friend Captain Hastings, these eighteen early cases – from theft and robbery to kidnapping and murder – were all guaranteed to test Poirot’s soon-to-be-famous ‘little grey cells’ to their absolute limit.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Miss Marple is accosted at a party by a pair of lovebirds who think that their lately deceased uncle has buried their inheritance. The naïve pair expects to impart the details of the tale to Miss Marple and for her to summon forth where the buried treasure must be instantaneously. But, the careful observer of human nature, the consequence of living in a small English village, knows that a little examination is needed. Invited to Ansteys, the ransacked family seat, Miss Marple ensconces herself amongst house that has perhaps been too thoroughly investigated. Uncle Mathew reminds Miss Marple of her old Uncle Henry and she regales the two with what appear to be meaningless, infuriating anecdotes, little do they know their importance and worth.

He’s the man of her dreams – she invented him, after all – she just hasn’t met him yetWhat would you do if the fiancé you’d invented to stop the kindly but persistent questions from colleagues and family turned out to be a real man – pretty much as you described him? And what if that man turned out to need a made-up fiancée just as much as you?Could you carry off the deception even after the hottest kiss of your life – and the scorching hot night that follows? If you like Jo Carnegie or Carmen Reid, you’ll love this.

‘We had an arrangement. ’ ‘Well, now I want to change it. ’ My terms were clear: money and a luxurious Greek island sanctuary in exchange for her becoming Mrs Matteo Dias—on paper at least—in order to secure my business empire. But now my 'wife' Daisy wants to be free to create a real family. And as the shy waitress I've married starts to reveal an intriguing spirited side it becomes high time I claimed my convenient bride!