Agatha Christie - Crime Anthology Collection

Cross over the shadowy doorstep and into the sinister world of crime writing’s Grand Dame Agatha Christie in this unprecedented 17-disc collection of classic mysteries. Lock the door, sit down, and have a cup of tea as two of Christie’s most popular mystery-solvers Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot get to the bottom of 21 spine-tingling murder cases.

Tony Award-nominee David Suchet stars as the beloved Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, braving some of Christie’s most notable and unpredictable plot twists in some of her most memorable tales. Lavish settings, a shining supporting cast, and rich period details bring 12 Poirot classics to life. He is joined by Miss Jane Marple, a consummate lady and an unflappable crime-stopper with intuition sharper than her knitting needles. Portrayed by Christie’s personal choice for the role, veteran stage actress Joan Hickson, Miss Marple artfully unravels 9 unthinkable crimes with skill and a touch of class.

A&E Home Entertainment presents 21 classic Christie capers together in THE AGATHA CHRISTIE CRIME ANTHOLOGY featuring 35 hours of suspense, misdirection, and the cleverest sleuth solutions imaginable.

Volume 1 & 2: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Lord Edgware Dies

THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) has retired to a country village, until his neighbor, a wealthy industrialist, is found murdered. Poirot reunites with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) to find the culprit, exposing a tangled web of blackmail, envy and murder. Everyone in the Ackroyd household falls under Poirot’s scrutiny, and in classic Agatha Christie style, this cast of suspicious characters all seem equally guilty! True to form, Poirot exposes the murderer with a lightning-quick solution to this most puzzling mystery.

LORD EDGWARE DIES: Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) returns to London where he meets famous actress Jane Wilkinson. Smitten, he agrees to visit her estranged husband, Lord Edgware, to urge him to reconsider her request for a divorce. Edgware insists that he has already agreed to Jane’s request. Yet, within twenty-four hours, he is found murdered.

Volume 3 & 4: Murder in Mesopotamia / Evil Under the Sun

MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA: On holiday in Iraq, Poirot visits an ancient site that his good friend Captain Hastings is helping excavate. But what begins as an entertaining diversion becomes a professional puzzle to challenge even Poirot’s brilliance when the head archeologist’s unpopular wife is killed. Though there is no shortage of suspects, clues are few and misleading, and the local authorities turn to their esteemed guest for help.

EVIL UNDER THE SUN: After collapsing during dinner, Poirot is ordered to the resort island of Sandy Cove for a two-week recuperative stay. Subjected to a taxing (and decidedly undignified) regimen of diet and exercise, he is distracted from his plight by growing suspicions that death awaits one of his fellow guests. Poirot’s fears are confirmed when the body of Arlena Stewart is discovered on the beach—but who killed her?

Volume 5 & 6: Death on the Nile / Sad Cypress

DEATH ON THE NILE: When Linnet Doyle, the richest woman in London, steals and marries her best friend’s fiancé, the best friend gets her revenge by hounding the newlyweds throughout their honeymoon. A subsequent pleasure cruise down the River Nile turns deadly when the widely despised Mrs. Doyle is found murdered in bed. Thank goodness the famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is along for the ride. His services are sorely in need as the body count—and the number of suspects—quickly rises.

SAD CYPRESS: When Elinor Carlisle is accused of killing her wealthy aunt and a love rival in a fit of jealous rage, Poirot’s investigations quickly find motive, opportunity, and means. But a tidy package far from satisfies the diminutive Belgian’s overactive gray cells. With the help of a friend and admirer of Ms. Carlisle, Poirot eventually pieces together an entirely different picture of what happened.

BONUS FEATURES: Index of All Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Stories; Agatha Christie Biography; David Suchet Biography.

Volume 7 & 8: The Hollow / Five Little Pigs

THE HOLLOW: Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn’t believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death—rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter.

FIVE LITTLE PIGS: Fourteen years after the wife of a renowned painter was sent to the gallows for poisoning her husband, their daughter Lucy turns up with a letter suggesting that her mother was quite innocent. Poirot agrees to dig up the past, but warns Lucy she may not like what he uncovers. Facing one of the greatest challenges of his illustrious career, Poirot will not be deterred from finding the truth that is always there.

BONUS FEATURES: Index of All Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Stories; Agatha Christie Biography; David Suchet Biography.

Volume 9 & 10: The Mystery of the Blue Train / Taken at the Flood

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN: While traveling on the famed Blue Train to the French Riviera, Inspector Poirot meets a motley collection of socialites that include the beautiful Ruth Kettering and her American oil magnate father, Rufus Van Aldin. Ruth is accompanied on the train by her scoundrel of a husband, Derek, and her lover, La Roche. It’s an unhealthy situation—and Poirot finds out just how unhealthy when one of them is found murdered.

TAKEN AT THE FLOOD: When businessman Gordon Cloade is killed during the London Blitz, his extensive fortune is left to his young widow, Rosaleen. Not willing to risk losing the entire family fortune to an outsider, the Cloade family attempts to recoup their money by claiming Rosaleen’s first husband is still alive. But the mystery deepens when a man who just may just be the husband turns up dead, and Poirot is left to solve this baffling case.

BONUS FEATURES: Index of All Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Stories; Agatha Christie Biography; David Suchet Biography.

Volume 11 & 12: After the Funeral / Cards on the Table

AFTER THE FUNERAL: Richard Abernathie, head of the dysfunctional Abernathie clan, died a natural death—or so his family believes. But his sister, Cora, drops a bombshell - she believes Richard was murdered. Poirot is summoned to look into Cora’s charges, but his investigation is interrupted by yet another bombshell—Cora is herself brutally murdered, leaving Poirot with two murder cases on his hands.

CARDS ON THE TABLE: One of London’s richest and most mysterious men, Mr. Shaitana, invites Poirot, the crime writer Ariadne Oliver, two of Poirot’s fellow sleuths, and several others to his sumptuous apartment for dinner and bridge. But the evening takes a deadly turn when the host is found stabbed through the heart and the four sleuths must find the killer among them.

BONUS FEATURES: Index of All Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Stories; Agatha Christie Biography; David Suchet Biography.

Volume 13 & 14: A Caribbean Mystery/ The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side Sleeping Murder/ 4:50 from Paddington

A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY: This tale finds Miss Marple in a most exotic location—vacationing in the West Indies. However, even paradise among the idle rich can prove a trifle dull to a trouble-seeker like Marple.

THE MIRROR CRACK’D FROM SIDE TO SIDE: There is great excitement in the village of St. Mary Mead—American movie star Marina Gregg is in town with her husband to shoot a new picture. It is there that Heather Badcok inadvertently drinks a poison cocktail intended for Marina.

SLEEPING MURDER: When Giles and Gwenda Reed move into their dream house in a seaside resort, Gwenda finds herself haunted by visions of a body in the hall. As Miss Marple deduces, the imagined body is Gwenda’s stepmother, who was thought to have run away long ago.

4:50 FROM PADDINGTON: On a jaunt to visit her friend Miss Marple, Elspeth McGillicuddy chances to glimpse a man strangling a woman on a passing train. Thus begins the extraordinary case of the 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON.

BONUS FEATURES: Miss Marple Biography; Complete Index of all Miss Marple Stories; Agatha Christie Biography.

Volume 15 & 16: The Moving Finger/ At Bertram’s Hotel / Murder at the Vicarage/ Nemesis

THE MOVING FINGER: A rash of poison pen letters in the village of Lymston has been causing quite a stir. So much so that Maud Calthrop, the vicar’s wife, calls in her old friend Miss Marple, who quickly discovers that Lymston has a wealth of cranky correspondents.

AT BERTRAM’S HOTEL: London’s Bertram’s Hotel is a well-polished retreat where dowager duchesses, retired clergymen, and aging generals can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era. But Miss Marple feels something sinister lurks beneath the hotel’s genteel veneer.

MURDER AT THE VICARAGE: In the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple overhears the mild mannered Reverend Clement swearing in anger about the most unpopular Colonel Protheroe. Miss Marple learns that certain other villagers have reason to hate the Colonel, and when his body is found the next day, there is no shortage of suspects.

NEMESIS: Miss Marple receives a cryptic letter from a recently deceased friend asking her to right an injustice, but giving no details—no who, what, when, or where. Her only starting point is a ticket for a bus tour of historic homes.

Volume 17: They Do It With Mirrors

THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS: Why is Miss Marple’s friend, Carrie-Louise Serrocold, being systematically poisoned? Miss Marple’s trip to Stonygates, the rambling country mansion owned by Carrie-Louise and her third husband, Lewis, might shed some light on the mystery. Then again, it might add more intrigue to an already bizarre scenario involving an extended family and a reformatory for young criminals where violence seems just below the surface. When shots are fired in a darkened room and the victim turns up elsewhere, Miss Marple deduces the identity of the killer, but not how it was done—until she discovers the secret hobby of a trusted cohort.

BONUS FEATURES: Agatha Christie Biography; Miss Marple Biography; Joan Hickson Biography and Filmography; Complete Index of All Miss Marple Stories; David Suchet Biography; Complete Index of All Hercule Poirot Stories.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 3 Augusti, 2009