Books with title Under The Sunset

Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot Murder Mystery. From inside the front cover: So Many People Could Have Killed Her! Was it her proud and reserved husband, who knew she was a adulteress? Or her strange stepdaughter who made voodoo dolls and stuck pins in them? Or the religious fanatic who was tortured by her beauty? Or the young man who was so obviously in love with her? Or any one of the women who had, or thought they had, reasons to wish her dead? "Going to give us a hand, Poirot?" asked Chief Constable Weston. "You would permit it, yes?" "Delighted to have you, my dear fellow." So Hercule Poirot, the estimable Belgian sleuth, interrupted his holiday to work with the local police, and EVIL UNDER THE SUN is an account of one of his most fascinating jobs of detection. It was originally published by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. From the back cover: Arlena Marshall's appearance on the beach had all the importance of a stage entrance. She wore a simple backless white bathing suit and every inch of her exposed body was tanned a beautiful even shade of bronze. Her hair was a rich flaming auburn. The whole effect was of superb and triumphant vitality. Arlena's face had a Chinese immobility and there was an upward slant to the dark blue eyes There was something about her which made every other woman on the beach seem faded. And which drew the eye of every male. The Reverend Stephen Lane turned to Hercule Poirot and said: "That woman is evil through and through. Don't you fell the presence of Evil all around you?" Slowly, Hercule Poirot nodded his head. Two days later that beautiful body was a corpse, sprawled on a hidden and deserted beach-strangled!

Hercule Poirot is enjoying a well-deserved break on Smugglers Island and, through habit, paying close attention to his fellow holidaymakers. When glamorous actress Arlena Stuart is found strangled on the beach of a small cove Poirot becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. With his sharp observations, he discovers that nearly all the guests have connections to Arlena. But which of these suspects felt strongly enough about Arlena Stuart to kill her?

Three mini fun and engaging stories about under the sea creatures! Wobbly Jellyfish: Jellyfish is very wobbly. She's too wobbly to skip, too wobbly to play hide and seek, and too wobbly to swim in cold water. When she has to look after a new girl, Octopus, at school, Jellyfish finds that she can be brave when she needs to be. Prickly Sea Urchin: Sea Urchin can't play with everyone else—his prickles hurt them and he punctures their toys. But then he meets another sea urchin and finally has a friend to play with! Fabulous Fish: Fabulous Fish is fabulous in every way. He has fabulous spots, fabulous fins, and is fabulous at everything he does. But no one want to play with him because he boasts all the time. Can Fabulous Fish learn that everyone is fabulous in their own way?

When the seductive Arlene Stuart Marshall is found floating face down at a seaside resort, her cuckolded husband is initially suspected, but when Detective Poirot digs deeper into the case, he discovers much more goings-on at the hotel, including drug smuggling, religious mania, mysterious love letters, unsolved previous murders, and voodoo. Read by David Suchet.