A facsimile first edition hardback of the Poirot book featuring the favourite Christie mix of trains & international travel. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruths estranged husband Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey complete with the murderer on board! To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirots first appearance & to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie. Reproducing the original typesetting & format of the first edition from the Christie familys own archive this book sports the original cover which has been painstakingly restored to its original glory. ...

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris & a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead
- murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover: a mysterious dark man. The suspects line up...only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery & find the truth. Maurice Denhham stars as the great Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
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The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night & five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon the local policeman thinks so too & isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers & Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects
- Mr Peeks Mr Hick's valet has just been rudely dismissed Mr Smellie argued with Mr Hick the day of the fire there's a suspicious-looking tramp in the fields nearby & even Mr Hick's housekeeper has a reason to have done it. The children bump into Inspector Jenks fishing by the river one day & talk to him about their theories. Inspector Jenks is senior to Mr Goon who still doesn't want to listen to the children & praises the Find-Outers as they reveal the true culprit
- Mr Hick himself who burnt the cottage for the insurance money.

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The crystal skulls are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt the Nazca Lines of Peru or Stonehenge. Many indigenous people speak of their remarkable magical & healing properties but nobody really knows where they came from or what they were used for. Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world such as Atlantis? Are they simply ingenious modern fakes or can they really enable us to see deeply into the past & predict the future? Searching for the answers takes the authors on a fantastic odyssey through both the physical & the spiritual world. After hearing stories of an old native American legend that describes the existence of thirteen ancient crystal skulls that are said to speak or sing & hold important information about the origins purpose & destiny of mankind. The authors set out on their own quest to find the truth about the skulls. They encounter psychics UFO hunters shamans mystics & medicine men on a journey of discovery that takes them from the British Museum in London to the deserts of the United States from the science labs of Hewlett Packard to the cold snows of Canada & the tropical jungles of Mexico Guatemala & Belize. At sacred gatherings of native elders they learn of ancient wisdom kept secret for hundreds if not thousands of years. They hear of startling prophecies concerning events that will happen on this Earth in the immediate future prophecies that question the very survival of the human species on this small island we call home. This is the story of their remarkable discoveries. ...

The circus comes to town full of conjurors clowns tightrope walkers & trapeze artists. But dark secrets lurk beneath the sawdust & spangles
- secrets that are part of a dangerous mystery that might prove impossible to solve! The fifth book in this gripping new adventure series!
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Lady Candling lives next door to Pip & Bets & owns some very expensive pedigree Siamese cats. When her most famous cat Dark Queen goes missing the gardener's help Luke seems the obvious suspect. Mr Goon & Mr Tupping Lady Candling's gardener are sure he's the culprit as he was digging by the cat house all alone when Dark Queen disappeared. The Five Find-Outers must solve the mystery to clear the name of their friend Luke. Strangely Dark Queen soon reappears dirty & tired but unhurt. & stranger still she disappears again a few days later once more when only Luke could have done it. Piecing together clues of pale paint turps & some wellington boots the Five Find-Outers prove once more with the help of Inspector Jenks not only that Luke is innocent but that Mr Tupping took Dark Queen & deliberately tried to frame Luke for the crime. ...

This is a classic children's crime story from Enid Blyton's Mysteries series. When P.C. Goon's nephew Ern arrives with ideas of detecting the Five Find-Outers send him off on a wild-goose chase. But when he stumbles on a real mystery the Five Find-Outers start to investigate
- & Fatty's love of disguises lands him & Ern in a tricky situation. Enid Blyton's crime-fighting child investigators have been firm favourites amongst readers of all ages for decades. Fans of The Famous Five & The Secret Seven should not miss The Mystery of the Hidden House.
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A thief is robbing houses in the village leaving huge footprints that dont seem to belong to anyone. Only Mr Goon the village policeman has feet that big & it cant be him! The Five Find-Outers are soon on the trail & find the theif isnt really invisible. Its someone they see every day the baker delivering his bread disguising himself with over size shoes & doing the robberies under everyones noses. ...

When a young prince is kidnapped while on a school camping trip in Castle Key Scott Jack Emily & Drift are eager to take on the case. Drift's clever nose is sure to sniff out some clues to the kidnappers
- but can the friends rescue the hostage in time?
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For hundreds of years we thought we knew what happened during Jesus last days. Holy Thursday Good Friday & Easter Sunday are not only observed by Christians around the world but are also recognized in calendars & by non-practitioners as commemorating the true timeline of events in the life of Christ. But apparent inconsistencies in the gospel accounts of Jesus final week have puzzled Bible scholars for centuries. In The Mystery of the Last Supper published in 2011 Colin Humphreys uses science to reveal the truth about Jesus final days. Reconciling conflicting Gospel accounts & scientific evidence Humphreys reveals the exact date of the Last Supper in a definitive new timeline of Holy Week. ...