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Death on the Nile [VHS] $5.68 Following Albert Finney’s quirky and compelling performance as Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express, Peter Ustinov capably took over the role in this 1978 adaptation of Christie’s river-bound whodunit. While on a pleasure cruise along the Nile with a taciturn companion (David Niven), Poirot slips into action following the murder of a much-desp…

Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Vol. 6 [VHS] $21.95 Wherever Hercule Poirot goes, murder follows–although the crimes are not always what they first appear to be in the three stories included in this boxed set of Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Poirot’s attempt at a practical joke livens up the somewhat tedious “Theft of the Royal Ruby”–an episode in which the redirection of romantic attentions seems to be as much the goal as preserving England’s politi…

and then there were None [VHS] $18.00 At first glance, René Clair might seem an odd match for Agatha Christie’s mystery thriller Ten Little Indians, but his buoyant touch is exactly what is missing from so many overly solemn remakes. Ten strangers gather for a mysterious gathering on a secluded island. It turns out to be a farewell party, for they all have been sentenced to die for crimes in their past by a self-appointed judge, jur…

agatha christie hour: Set Two $18.49 This spellbinding series of thrillers based on Christie’s short fiction comes to an end with five suspense-laden stories. Lovers elope to South Africa in “Magnolia Blossom,” but loyalty trumps love in dangerous and surprising circumstances. Ciaran Madden, Alexandra Bastedo star. A law student hears cries for help–why does no one else? “The Mystery of the Blue Jar” stars Michael Aldridge, Robin Ke…

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express $2.75 Just the name “Orient Express” conjures images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie’s delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie’s delightfully persnickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this …

Murder By Death $7.59 Neil Simon wrote this 1976 spoof in which virtually every famous fictional detective of the 1930s and 1940s congregate at the home of a mysterious fellow (Truman Capote) to try and solve the mystery of who’s trying to kill them all. Simon’s jokes are mostly obvious, and the film’s real appeal is the clever concept matched with fine–sometimes legendary–actors. Peter Falk plays a very Bogart-like …

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And Then There Were None $3.63 The World’s bestselling Mystery “Ten . . .” Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious “U.N. Owen.” “Nine . . .” At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. “Eight . . .” Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one…

Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) $6.37 Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man’s enemies, before the …

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) $6.38 Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Murder Mystery. From the inside front cover: “That’s curious,” murmured Poirot. “No one would sit in a chair in such a position. Now who pushed it back into place again, I wonder. Did you, my friend?” “No, sir,” said Parker. “I was too upset with seeing the master and all.” Poirot looked at me. “Did you, doctor?” I shook my head. Parker asked to be excused and left …

Agatha Christie $4.36 The Pocket Essential Guide To Agatha Christie provides an informed introduction to the whole Christie phenomenon; a biography of Dame Agatha Christie; in-depth profiles of ten of her most popular characters together with an analyses of the stories in which they appeared; a look at her espionage thrillers and non-crime titles; a section on film, TV and stage adaptations; appendices that include an exhaustive bibliography and an overview of the best agatha christie websites around.

Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making $12.99 This follow-up to the Edgar-nominated Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks features Christie’s unpublished work, including an analysis of her last unfinished novel, and a foreword by the acclaimed actor David Suchet. In this invaluable work, the Agatha Christie expert and archivist John Curran examines the unpublished notebooks of the world’s bestselling author to explore the techniques she used to surprise and entertain generations of readers. Also drawing on Christie’s personal papers and letters, he reveals how more than twenty of her novels, as well as stage scripts, short stories, and some more personal items, evolved. As he addresses the last notebook, Curran uses his deep knowledge of Christie to offer an insightful, well-reasoned analysis of her final unfinished work, based on her notes. Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making features several wonderful gems, including Christie’s own essay on her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, written for a British national newspaper in the 1930s; a previously unseen version of a Miss Marple short story; and a courtroom chapter from her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles , which was edited out of the published version in 1920. A must-read for every Christie aficionado, Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making is a fascinating look into the mind and craft of one of the world’s most prolific and beloved authors, offering a deeper understanding of her impressive body of work.