The Golden Ball

The Golden Ball PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: MB Cooltura

Published: 2023-09-24

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9877448742

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A brave young man is fired from the family business by his millionaire uncle. Embittered, he accidentally meets a girl who is fleeing her engagement to a duke and seems to be looking for the same thing as him: a day off. They will live a great adventure together and discover that despite their differences they can be soul mates.

The Golden Ball

The Golden Ball PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 0062302760

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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. George Dundas has been disowned by his wealthy uncle for refusing to work hard. As he contemplates his fate, socialite Mary Montresor passes by in her car. She takes him off to the country and proposes marriage. They stop to investigate a pretty country house, and a maid opens the door to them. Mary picks a name at random and asks if the house belongs to Mrs. Pardonstenger. Amazingly, the maid leads them inside, where they encounter a very dangerous situation ...

The Golden Ball And Other Stories

The Golden Ball And Other Stories PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0062244000

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A sterling collection of short stories featuring Poirot and others, The Golden Ball and Other Stories is a riveting compendium of shocking secrets, dastardly crimes, and brilliant detection—a showcase of Dame Agatha at her very best. Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? W hat unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of Mystery takes bizarre romantic entanglements, supernatural visitations, and classic murder to inventive new heights.

Next to a Dog

Next to a Dog PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-11-12

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 0062302795

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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Widow Joyce Lambert is poor and out of work. So fond is she of her little half-blind aging terrier, Terry—a gift from her late husband—that she will do just about anything to keep him.

A Fruitful Sunday

A Fruitful Sunday PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 0062302752

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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Edward Palgrove has saved up to buy a small car, which he and his fiancée, Dorothy Pratt, are both proud of. But neither one is prepared for the journey it will take them on.

Swan Song

Swan Song PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: MB Cooltura

Published: 2023-10-31

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9877448858

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The prestigious soprano Paula Nazorkoff is hired for a private performance of Madam Butterfly. Nazorkoff accepts but, with one unavoidable condition: the opera must be Tosca. While the staging is taking place in Lady Rustonbury's castle, an accident occurs. One of the protagonists of the opera is killed and only diving into the past the truth will emerge.

The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael

The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael PDF

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-09-17

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 006230089X

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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. When Sir Arthur Carmichael, the young and healthy heir to a large estate, starts behaving strangely, psychiatrist Edward Carstairs is summoned to assess the situation. Sir Arthur appears to be behaving like a cat—only days after his mother killed a grey Persian!