The Actress An Agatha Christie Short Story

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Previously published in the print anthology The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories. Jake Levitt can’t believe his luck when, one evening at the theatre, he recognizes the lead actress as Nancy Taylor, a girl he knows a lot about. A story of blackmail and murder ensues!

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

George Rowland, a young man who has just been fired from the family business by his uncle, travels by train to get away from London. When a beautiful girl bursts into his compartment, frantically begging him to hide her, he finds himself complicated in an unexpected mystery involving the Grand Duchess of Catonia.

Une actrice hantée par son passé, victime d'un odieux chantage... Un jeune homme à l'avenir compromis dont le courage est mis à rude épreuve... Une sombre histoire d'empoisonnement racontée par la célèbre Miss Marple... Une femme qui cherche à sauver son mari de la prison... Ces quatre nouvelles montrent tout le talent d'Agatha Christie, reine incontestée du suspense et de l'intrigue policière, adepte du retournement de situation de dernière minute, dont les récits ont tenu en haleine des générations de lecteurs dans le monde entier !

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

“[We] can’t get enough of Christie’s plush and murderous thrills.” —Entertainment Weekly From the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love—crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries. In “The Face of Helen,” a night at the Royal Opera could reach a fatal crescendo for a woman caught in a dicey love triangle; “Finessing the King” delivers a curious ad in the personals that could mask sinister intentions; who’s in danger of getting stung in “Wasps’ Nest” depends on rounding up suspects and solving a murder—before it even happens. These are just a few of the tales in this collection featuring essential reading that Christie fans old and new will simply love to death.