An unabridged Poirot mystery. taken from the collection Murder in the Mews 'Good night for a murder,' Inspector Japp remarked to Hercule Poirot as they walked home from a dinner on Guy Fawkes Night. 'Nobody would hear a shot, for instance, on a night like this.' And indeed the next morning the two men are called to 14 Bardsley Gardens Mews to investigate a mysterious case of murder disguised as suicide. Murder in the Mews is the title story of the volume by the same name. It is unabridged Agatha Christie at her best, and is superbly read by Nigel Hawthorne.
Reverend Stephen Babbington attends a party, has a cocktail, and dies. With no trace of poison and no motive for murder, the death is ascribed to natural causes. At another party, with the same guests, another person dies in exactly the same manner. Hercule Poirot, present at the first gathering, takes on the baffling case. He stages his own party, gathering all the suspects together. Is he setting himself up to find the truth, or setting the stage for another murder?
A story at Level 3 of a series of children's illustrated ELT readers which are graded at five levels, according to length and complexity of plot. The stories cover a wide variety of genres, and have both British and foreign settings. Dramatized versions are available on cassette.
Added by: benearg | Karma: 36.72 | Fiction literature | 28 September 2012
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Hamlet Shakespeare's Manga Edition
"The play is manga-friendly because it is unarguably actionpacked, complete with a terrifying ghost, a tussle in an open grave, and a climactic swordfight during which four central characters die violent deaths. At least one character in Hamlet goes insane and two characters commit suicide, one of them by accident. There’s an inadvertent murder, as well as two accomplished from afar, by trickery. Another murder, achieved by pouring poison into the victim’s ear, takes place before the story starts and is reenacted in the course of a play within the play."
The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun
Inheriting millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran extremely satisfied and Koko and Yum Yum adjusting to being 'fat cats' in an enormous mansion. A missing house-maid and shocking murder soon show them the seedier side of upper crust life, and Koko sets out on the trail of a murderer.