The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories: Featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Mr. Parker Pyne (First William Morrow trade paperback edition)

Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christies wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances inThe Regatta Mystery and Other Storiesa riveting collection of short stories featuring a host of murderous crimes of passion, pleasure, and profit.There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric.

What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge, passion, and pleasure. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, it's going to take a multitude of talent to solve these clever crimes.In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finestHercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyneand puts them each to the test in the most challenging cases of their careers.