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"It was murder. Framed in the railway-carriage window opposite Mrs. McGillicuddy's own, a man was slowly, relentlessly strangling a woman to death ... But no corpse had been found, and only Miss Jane Marple believed her old friend's story. Miss Marple was indeed past the age for pursuing killers-but for too stubborn to let them go free!"--BOOK COVER.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
570L
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English
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Ten houseguests, trapped on an isolated island, are the prey of a diabolical killer. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine ... When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale?
4) Nemesis
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Lexile measure
810L
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"Miss Marple receives a postcard from the recently deceased Mr. Jason Rafiel, a millionaire whom she had met during a Caribbean holiday and who had been her greatest ally in solving a murder. He has left instructions for investigating an unspecified crime after his death. If she succeeds in solving it, she will inherit £20,000. Mr. Rafiel hasn?t provided her with any details, but he has left her instructions to go on a vacation he has planned for...
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Bantam Books
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English
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On the night before Christmas, cruel, tyrannical, filthy rich Simeon Lee is found in his locked bedroom with his throat cut. Now Hercule Poirot must put his deductive powers to the test to solve one of his most chilling cases and to prevent a clever killer from spilling more blood.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
730L
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English
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"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead-stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored-and each felt deserving of...
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720L
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A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the stand. A woman's sixth sense and a loaded revolver signal premonitions of doom. A golfer hears cries for help, that no one else can hear. A stranded motorist seeks refuge in a remote mansion and is greeted with a dire warning. A mysterious phone call leads a fiction writer into a very real adventure. Detective Hercule Poirot faces his greates challenge when his services...
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630L
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In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. But Scotland Yard criminologist Charles Hayward is...
10) The clocks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
670L
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English
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"As instructed, stenographer Shelia Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Cresent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Shelia clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o'clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4:13. Even more strangely,...
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Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck....
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A blinding snowstorm and a homicidal maniac traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple set-up, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which, in turn, would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection...
14) The dead ringer
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"The idyllic Cotswolds village of Thirk Magna is best known for the medieval church of St. Ethelred and its bells, which are the pride and glory of the whole community. As the bell-ringers get ready for the visit of the dashing Bishop Peter Salver-Hinkley, the whole village is thrown into a frenzy. Meanwhile, Agatha convinces one of the bell-ringers, the charming lawyer Julian Brody, to hire her to investigate the mystery of the Bishop's ex-fiancée:...
15) Devil's delight
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Agatha Raisin mystery volume 33
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"Beloved New York Times bestseller M.C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin-the star of her own hit T.V. series-is back on the case again in Devil's Delight. Toni and Agatha are in the car on the way to Officer Bill Wong's long-awaited wedding when, much to their shock, a naked young man bursts through a hedge on the side of the road and comes running toward them. Terrified, he explains that he has just seen a dead body in the woods. Toni lends...
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