Agatha Christie

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items - including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup - he …

They Do It with Mirrors is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 17 November that year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK …

In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels (chronicled in A Caribbean Mystery). He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who …