Spydus Search Results - Anywhere: agatha christie (Keywords) https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(AGATHA%20%2B%20CHRISTIE)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20agatha%20christie%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=GEN&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. Murder On the Nile : [Play] A Play in Three Acts https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=118541&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Samuel French.<br />Y.<br /><br />14 copies <br /> The Patient. [Play] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=552477&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Samuel French.<br /><br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - Single Copy - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019207<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019208<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019209<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019210<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019211<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019212<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019213<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019214<br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Plays(Sets) - NCN (PLAY SET-P1) - Adult Non-Fiction - Available - C014019215<br /> Black coffee : [Play] a mystery play in three acts https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=604660&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>S French.<br />Y.<br /><br />16 copies <br /> Verdict. [Play] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=591377&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Samuel French.<br />Y.<br /><br />11 copies <br /> Destination Unknown : [Large Print] Large Print / by Agatha Christie. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=810800&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Ulverscroft.<br /><br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - FICTION - Adult Fiction - Available - C012539754<br /> The Hollow : [Play] Drama https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=585932&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Samuel French.<br />Y.<br /><br />11 copies <br /> Death comes as the end : [Large Print] Large Print / by Agatha Christie. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=814249&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Ulverscroft.<br /><br />County Store (HQZ Bar End) - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - FICTION - Adult Fiction - Available - C012253932<br /> Toden in Baden / Beate Maly. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2894907&CF=GEN For all fans of Agatha Christie, a historical crime novel set in the 1920s. In a spa town just outside Vienna, retired teacher Ernestine and her friend Anton are drawn into a murder investigation. For all fans of Agatha Christie, a historical crime novel set in the 1920s. In a spa town just outside Vienna, retired teacher Ernestine and her friend Anton are drawn into a murder investigation.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Maly, Beate<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cologne : Emons.<br />240 pages<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - German - Available - C016474348<br /> After the Funeral (Cassette Pack) [sound recording] / Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2639322&CF=GEN <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>United Kingdom : Harper Collins, 3 Dec. 2001<br />4 sound cassettes (6 hr.) ; in container 23 cm.<br /><br />Reminiscence Collection (Basingstoke DC) - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Adult Spoken Word - Available - C015362919<br /> A wedding at Heatherly Hall / Julie Houston. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3679905&CF=GEN Sisters Hannah, Rosa, and Eva are on a mission to sustain picturesque Heatherly Hall, in Yorkshire's Westenbury village. So when they hear the legend of the Jet Set - a necklace with a rare diamond, commissioned by royalty and hidden in their hall - they plan a fundraiser: an Agatha-Christie style am-dram production and treasure hunt. As if that weren't enough, music superstar Drew Livingston and Bollywood legend Aditi Sharma have chosen their hall for a wedding in just six weeks' time, and the pressure is mounting to pull off the wedding of the decade. Staging the play, unravelling the mystery of the diamond, and meeting the demands of an A-list bride and groom without their lives unravelling seems impossible. But these three sisters know that with family by your side, anything can be overcome. Sisters Hannah, Rosa, and Eva are on a mission to sustain picturesque Heatherly Hall, in Yorkshire's Westenbury village. So when they hear the legend of the Jet Set - a necklace with a rare diamond, commissioned by royalty and hidden in their hall - they plan a fundraiser: an Agatha-Christie style am-dram production and treasure hunt. As if that weren't enough, music superstar Drew Livingston and Bollywood legend Aditi Sharma have chosen their hall for a wedding in just six weeks' time, and the pressure is mounting to pull off the wedding of the decade. Staging the play, unravelling the mystery of the diamond, and meeting the demands of an A-list bride and groom without their lives unravelling seems impossible. But these three sisters know that with family by your side, anything can be overcome.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Houston, Julie (Novelist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Head of Zeus, 2024.<br />355 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 12 Jun 2024 - C017334405<br />Hythe - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017334571<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017334265<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Available - C017334241<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - C017334519<br />West End - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C017334288<br /> A wedding at Heatherly Hall [sound recording] / Julie Houston. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3725997&CF=GEN Sisters Hannah, Rosa, and Eva are on a mission to sustain picturesque Heatherly Hall, in Yorkshire's Westenbury village. So when they hear the legend of the Jet Set - a necklace with a rare diamond, commissioned by royalty and hidden in their hall - they plan a fundraiser: an Agatha-Christie style am-dram production and treasure hunt. As if that weren't enough, music superstar Drew Livingston and Bollywood legend Aditi Sharma have chosen their hall for a wedding in just six weeks' time, and the pressure is mounting to pull off the wedding of the decade. Staging the play, unravelling the mystery of the diamond, and meeting the demands of an A-list bride and groom without their lives unravelling seems impossible. But these three sisters know that with family by your side, anything can be overcome. Sisters Hannah, Rosa, and Eva are on a mission to sustain picturesque Heatherly Hall, in Yorkshire's Westenbury village. So when they hear the legend of the Jet Set - a necklace with a rare diamond, commissioned by royalty and hidden in their hall - they plan a fundraiser: an Agatha-Christie style am-dram production and treasure hunt. As if that weren't enough, music superstar Drew Livingston and Bollywood legend Aditi Sharma have chosen their hall for a wedding in just six weeks' time, and the pressure is mounting to pull off the wedding of the decade. Staging the play, unravelling the mystery of the diamond, and meeting the demands of an A-list bride and groom without their lives unravelling seems impossible. But these three sisters know that with family by your side, anything can be overcome.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Houston, Julie (Novelist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Rosa Audiobooks, 2024.<br />10 CDs (722 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - Available - C016847908<br /> Helle and Death [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3741516&CF=GEN A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.It's going to be murder...Torben Helle - art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - has been dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. Things start to go sideways when their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations at the dinner table. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust. Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, Torben decides to draw upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past in order to solve the mystery: how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer? But he'd better be quick, or someone else might end up dead... This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett. A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.It's going to be murder...Torben Helle - art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - has been dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. Things start to go sideways when their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations at the dinner table. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust. Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, Torben decides to draw upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past in order to solve the mystery: how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer? But he'd better be quick, or someone else might end up dead... This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jensen, Oskar<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Viper, 2024<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Agatha Christie's Marple : expert on wickedness / Mark Aldridge ; created by Agatha Christie. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3755347&CF=GEN A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple. A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Aldridge, Mark (College teacher)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 823.912 - On order<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 823.912 - On order<br /> Murder in the Library [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3764994&CF=GEN A body in a hospital isn’t so unusual. Unless they’ve been murdered!1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital.But arriving at the hospital one cold winter’s morning, she is horrified to find the body of a dead soldier in the library.What’s more, a beautiful young nurse confides in Hannah that she thinks she’s being followed, and then she abruptly disappears.Hannah can’t shake the suspicion that the two cases are connected, but she can’t solve the case alone. She’ll once again need to call upon her delightful, demanding, only-occasionally devious aunt, Violet.The two women know they must find the missing nurse before it’s too late… but they don’t realise they’re now both in the killer’s sights.A totally gripping, unputdownable, WW1-set, cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, and Agatha Christie. A body in a hospital isn’t so unusual. Unless they’ve been murdered!1916, London: Keen to support the war effort, bookshop manager and sometime amateur sleuth Hannah Merrill has taken a volunteer role in the library of the nearby military hospital.But arriving at the hospital one cold winter’s morning, she is horrified to find the body of a dead soldier in the library.What’s more, a beautiful young nurse confides in Hannah that she thinks she’s being followed, and then she abruptly disappears.Hannah can’t shake the suspicion that the two cases are connected, but she can’t solve the case alone. She’ll once again need to call upon her delightful, demanding, only-occasionally devious aunt, Violet.The two women know they must find the missing nurse before it’s too late… but they don’t realise they’re now both in the killer’s sights.A totally gripping, unputdownable, WW1-set, cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, and Agatha Christie.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davison, Anita<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Boldwood Books, 2024<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries ; 2<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Frequent Hearses [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3755330&CF=GEN As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself from Waterloo Bridge, the news sends shockwaves through her film studio. Luckily Gervase Fen is in London to investigate.But when someone acts fast to cover up any evidence – removing all signs of Ms Scott’s identity from her apartment and poisoning a suspicious cameraman – the truth is hard to find… As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself from Waterloo Bridge, the news sends shockwaves through her film studio. Luckily Gervase Fen is in London to investigate.But when someone acts fast to cover up any evidence – removing all signs of Ms Scott’s identity from her apartment and poisoning a suspicious cameraman – the truth is hard to find…<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Crispin, Edmund<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Collins Crime Club, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Gervase Fen ; 7<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> A Fatal Encounter in Tuscany [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3789660&CF=GEN Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations!An escape to TuscanyAn unexpected invitationA murder at midnight...When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the Tuscan sun. But a chance meeting on the Orient Express with Italian heiress Catharina Lanetti leads to a party invitation...and front row seats for a mysterious murder!With their new friend under suspicion Atalanta and Raoul set to work trying to discover who really murdered Catharina’s father. But with more than half a dozen suspects – all with compelling motive – Atalanta may just be facing her toughest case yet! Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations!An escape to TuscanyAn unexpected invitationA murder at midnight...When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the Tuscan sun. But a chance meeting on the Orient Express with Italian heiress Catharina Lanetti leads to a party invitation...and front row seats for a mysterious murder!With their new friend under suspicion Atalanta and Raoul set to work trying to discover who really murdered Catharina’s father. But with more than half a dozen suspects – all with compelling motive – Atalanta may just be facing her toughest case yet!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Conroy, Vivian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : One More Chapter, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Miss Ashford Investigates ; 3<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Hercule Poirot's silent night [sound recording] / Sophie Hannah. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3693854&CF=GEN The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile' and 'A Haunting in Venice' - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile' and 'A Haunting in Venice' - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hannah, Sophie, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Melbourne : Bolinda Audio, 2023.<br />8 CDs (9 hr., 3 min.) : digital, stereo<br /><br />Alton - (HANTS) - Audiobooks : Adult Fiction - In-transit from Leigh Park to Alton (Set: 17 May 2024) - C016840635<br /> Death at the Abbey [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3710284&CF=GEN Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora Maguire receives an alarming telegram informing her of her father’s tragic death in a riding accident, she races back from London to her childhood home.But when Flora and her new husband, Bunny, get to Cleeve Abbey – where she was once Governess to Eddy, Viscount Trent, and her father was butler to Earl Trent – it’s all is not well.Flora’s intention was to bury her father next to Lily, her mother, who sadly passed away when Flora was a small child. But it turns out that a mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Lily’s final resting place.No-one is willing to talk. And, with her father now dead in what seems like a suspicious accident, Flora must now strive alone to uncover hidden family secrets. And a terrible betrayal with the power to change everything…A cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey, and set in the glorious Cotswolds landscape.Previously published as Murder at Cleeve Abbey. Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora Maguire receives an alarming telegram informing her of her father’s tragic death in a riding accident, she races back from London to her childhood home.But when Flora and her new husband, Bunny, get to Cleeve Abbey – where she was once Governess to Eddy, Viscount Trent, and her father was butler to Earl Trent – it’s all is not well.Flora’s intention was to bury her father next to Lily, her mother, who sadly passed away when Flora was a small child. But it turns out that a mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Lily’s final resting place.No-one is willing to talk. And, with her father now dead in what seems like a suspicious accident, Flora must now strive alone to uncover hidden family secrets. And a terrible betrayal with the power to change everything…A cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey, and set in the glorious Cotswolds landscape.Previously published as Murder at Cleeve Abbey.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davison, Anita<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Boldwood Books, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Flora Maguire Mysteries ; 2<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Marple : twelve new stories / Naomi Alderman [and eleven others] ; based on characters created by Agatha Christie. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3522959&CF=GEN Here is a collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. Here is a collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.<br />372 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aldershot - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C017257489<br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C017255390<br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C017256564<br />Havant - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Available - C017257351<br />Totton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 10 Jun 2024 - C017256692<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction - Crime - Onloan - Due: 10 Jun 2024 - C017254692<br /> The rest is history : the official book from the makers of the hit podcast / Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3588691&CF=GEN From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask: Did the Trojan War actually happen? What was the most disastrous party in history? Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius? How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill's cover? Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis? Whether it is sending historical figures to Casa Amor in a series of Love Island, ranking history's most famous eunuchs and pigeons (including Winky, the unsung hero of the Second World War), or debating the meaning of greatness, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past - from Alexander the Great to Agatha Christie, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask: Did the Trojan War actually happen? What was the most disastrous party in history? Was Richard Nixon more like Caligula or Claudius? How did a hair appointment almost blow Churchill's cover? Why did the Nazis believe they were descended from Atlantis? Whether it is sending historical figures to Casa Amor in a series of Love Island, ranking history's most famous eunuchs and pigeons (including Winky, the unsung hero of the Second World War), or debating the meaning of greatness, there is nothing too big or too small for Tom and Dominic to unpick.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Holland, Tom<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2023.<br />336 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Chineham - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 909 - Available - C017295502<br />Tadley - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction - 909 - Available - C017296488<br /> Hercule Poirot's silent night : the new Hercule Poirot mystery / Sophie Hannah. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3599202&CF=GEN It's 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool's mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia's friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer's next victim, though she refuses to explain why. Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else - someone utterly ruthless - also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot. It's 19 December 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are called to investigate the murder of a man in the apparent safe haven of a Norfolk hospital ward. Catchpool's mother, the irrepressible Cynthia, insists that Poirot stays in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while Poirot solves the case. Cynthia's friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital and his wife is convinced he will be the killer's next victim, though she refuses to explain why. Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else - someone utterly ruthless - also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hannah, Sophie, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.<br />xi, 360 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />12 copies <br /> Agatha Christie : a very elusive woman / Lucy Worsley. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3603305&CF=GEN With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Worsley, Lucy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2023.<br />xvi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />45 copies <br /> Genius on the Green Express / Pip Murphy ; illustrated by Roberta Tedeschi. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3607387&CF=GEN Christie dreams of a train adventure - the kind she's read about in fiction. But Christie and Agatha's journey aboard the Green Express, with company including Albert Einstein, is more than even they bargained for. The twins uncover a plot to sabotage the physicist's radio broadcast, and it's all up to them to thwart it before their journey ends. Christie dreams of a train adventure - the kind she's read about in fiction. But Christie and Agatha's journey aboard the Green Express, with company including Albert Einstein, is more than even they bargained for. The twins uncover a plot to sabotage the physicist's radio broadcast, and it's all up to them to thwart it before their journey ends.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Murphy, Pip (Philippa)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Sweet Cherry, 2023.<br />141 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.<br />Christie and Agatha's Detective Agency ; 5.<br /><br />Alresford - (HANTS) - Children's Fiction (Stories) - Available - C017279688<br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Children's Fiction (Stories) - Available - C017280521<br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Children's Fiction (Stories) - Available - C017280932<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Children's Fiction (Stories) - Available - C017281424<br /> The Launch Party [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3611697&CF=GEN Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Anthony Horowitz and Hanna Jameson.FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE.Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind.However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone.When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay?hildren Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Anthony Horowitz and Hanna Jameson.FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE.Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind.However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone.When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay?hildren<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Forry, Lauren<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Zaffre, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> A cast of falcons [text(large print)] / Sarah Yarwood-Lovett. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3597870&CF=GEN Nell was delighted when her childhood friend Lady Persephone MacKenzie announced her engagement to handsome businessman Hawke McAnstruther, and offered to host the wedding at Finchmere, her family's estate. But she hadn't anticipated Percy's parents' fiery disapproval of the groom. The ceremony is barely over before Hawke's shady personal and professional lives start to unravel, and tension ripples through the assembled guests. When the wedding night ends with a shocking death, Nell, her friend Dr Rav Kashyap, and DI James Clark all find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery worthy of Agatha Christie. Surviving a terrifying threat to her own life, Nell has to face up to the truth. Not just about murder at Finchmere, but about where her heart truly lies. Nell was delighted when her childhood friend Lady Persephone MacKenzie announced her engagement to handsome businessman Hawke McAnstruther, and offered to host the wedding at Finchmere, her family's estate. But she hadn't anticipated Percy's parents' fiery disapproval of the groom. The ceremony is barely over before Hawke's shady personal and professional lives start to unravel, and tension ripples through the assembled guests. When the wedding night ends with a shocking death, Nell, her friend Dr Rav Kashyap, and DI James Clark all find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery worthy of Agatha Christie. Surviving a terrifying threat to her own life, Nell has to face up to the truth. Not just about murder at Finchmere, but about where her heart truly lies.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Yarwood-Lovett, Sarah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2023.<br />360 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />Nell Ward<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 10 Jun 2024 - C016835742<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 22 Jun 2024 - C016835769<br /> The Continental Affair [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3639730&CF=GEN With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense.Meet Henri and Louise.Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul.Except this isn't the first time they have met.It's the 1960s, and Louise is running.From her past in England, from the owners of the money she has stolen―and from Henri, the person who has been sent to collect it.Across the Continent―from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul―Henri follows.He's desperate to leave behind his own troubles and the memories of his past life as a gendarme in Algeria.But Henri soon realises that Louise is no ordinary traveller.As the train hurtles toward its final destination, Henri and Louise must decide what the future will hold―and whether it involves one another.Stylish and atmospheric, The Continental Affair takes you on an unforgettable journey through the twisty, glamorous world of 1960s Europe. With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense.Meet Henri and Louise.Two strangers, travelling alone, on the train from Belgrade to Istanbul.Except this isn't the first time they have met.It's the 1960s, and Louise is running.From her past in England, from the owners of the money she has stolen―and from Henri, the person who has been sent to collect it.Across the Continent―from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul―Henri follows.He's desperate to leave behind his own troubles and the memories of his past life as a gendarme in Algeria.But Henri soon realises that Louise is no ordinary traveller.As the train hurtles toward its final destination, Henri and Louise must decide what the future will hold―and whether it involves one another.Stylish and atmospheric, The Continental Affair takes you on an unforgettable journey through the twisty, glamorous world of 1960s Europe.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mangan, Christine<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bedford Square Publishers, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Hercule Poirot's silent night [text(large print)] / Sophie Hannah ; created by Agatha Christie. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3650041&CF=GEN The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile' and 'A Haunting in Venice' - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile' and 'A Haunting in Venice' - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hannah, Sophie, 1971-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2023.<br />348 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 15 Jun 2024 - C016853011<br />Whitchurch - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853037<br /> Last Seen in Santorini [electronic resource] : Unabridged edition https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3657666&CF=GEN A gorgeous Greek islandA stranger in a veilAnd a fatal fall from the cliffs…Miss Atalanta Ashford is sightseeing near Venice when a mysterious veiled lady approaches her with the urgent request to look into her daughter's mysterious death on the idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Whilst working as a companion for the eminent Bucardi family, the unfortunate girl took a plunge from the dramatic cliffs during a walk alone. But is all as it seems?Sailing to Santorini and going undercover as the new companion, Miss Ashford soon discovers that her client hasn't told her the full truth. Someone is watching her. Now she must unravel the mystery and prevent the breathtaking azure sea views from becoming the last she too will ever see…Look out for more Miss Ashford mysteries and get your passports ready as you travel with her to some of the most sought-after destinations on the continent…Book 1: Mystery in ProvenceBook 2: Last Seen in SantoriniBook 3: A Fatal Invitation in TuscanyBook 4: Last Dance in SalzburgReaders are loving Last Seen in Santorini:‘The story provided the kind of escapism that I would expect from reading a cosy mystery…It did remind me a little bit of Agatha Christie too!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Real escapism…for me the book was an absolute win’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An absolute pleasure to read…I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a cosy mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Vivian Conroy creates a cozy mystery that will bring readers into her colorful world and a mystery that needs to be solved’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Very much in the style of Agatha Christie, the story twists and turns, with no one being who they first appear to be. I found myself suspicious of everyone right until the very, satisfying, end! Fabulous’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Allowed me to thoroughly enjoy my arm-chair traveler experience to both Venice and Santorini…You'll hear, see, and smell the noises, voices, vivid blues of the sea, and aroma of the flowers. All without leaving home!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A gorgeous Greek islandA stranger in a veilAnd a fatal fall from the cliffs…Miss Atalanta Ashford is sightseeing near Venice when a mysterious veiled lady approaches her with the urgent request to look into her daughter's mysterious death on the idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Whilst working as a companion for the eminent Bucardi family, the unfortunate girl took a plunge from the dramatic cliffs during a walk alone. But is all as it seems?Sailing to Santorini and going undercover as the new companion, Miss Ashford soon discovers that her client hasn't told her the full truth. Someone is watching her. Now she must unravel the mystery and prevent the breathtaking azure sea views from becoming the last she too will ever see…Look out for more Miss Ashford mysteries and get your passports ready as you travel with her to some of the most sought-after destinations on the continent…Book 1: Mystery in ProvenceBook 2: Last Seen in SantoriniBook 3: A Fatal Invitation in TuscanyBook 4: Last Dance in SalzburgReaders are loving Last Seen in Santorini:‘The story provided the kind of escapism that I would expect from reading a cosy mystery…It did remind me a little bit of Agatha Christie too!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Real escapism…for me the book was an absolute win’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘An absolute pleasure to read…I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a cosy mystery’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Vivian Conroy creates a cozy mystery that will bring readers into her colorful world and a mystery that needs to be solved’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Very much in the style of Agatha Christie, the story twists and turns, with no one being who they first appear to be. I found myself suspicious of everyone right until the very, satisfying, end! Fabulous’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Allowed me to thoroughly enjoy my arm-chair traveler experience to both Venice and Santorini…You'll hear, see, and smell the noises, voices, vivid blues of the sea, and aroma of the flowers. All without leaving home!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Conroy, Vivian<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : One More Chapter, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Murder in the Bookshop [electronic resource] https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3661255&CF=GEN ‘A lovely mystery evocative of the period from a talented writer.’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay mysteriesSomeone’s been read their last rites…1915, London: Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt Violet mysteriously inherited, Hannah Merrill is accustomed to finding twists in every tale. But discovering her beloved best friend Lily-Anne – with a paperknife through her heart – in the middle of the bookshop, is not a plotline she saw coming.The case is anything but textbook. With the discovery of a coded German message, and Hannah’s instinct that Lily-Anne’s husband is keeping secrets, she determines to get to the bottom of it.She can’t do it alone though. To crack this case, Hannah will need to enlist the help of her outrageous, opinionated, only-occasionally-objectionable Aunt Violet.They think they’re making progress until one of their chief suspects is found dead. And Hannah realises that she is herself now in the murderer’s sights. Will the final chapter be the ending of a killer… or just a killer ending?A totally addictive, WW1-set cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Agatha Christie. ‘A lovely mystery evocative of the period from a talented writer.’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay mysteriesSomeone’s been read their last rites…1915, London: Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt Violet mysteriously inherited, Hannah Merrill is accustomed to finding twists in every tale. But discovering her beloved best friend Lily-Anne – with a paperknife through her heart – in the middle of the bookshop, is not a plotline she saw coming.The case is anything but textbook. With the discovery of a coded German message, and Hannah’s instinct that Lily-Anne’s husband is keeping secrets, she determines to get to the bottom of it.She can’t do it alone though. To crack this case, Hannah will need to enlist the help of her outrageous, opinionated, only-occasionally-objectionable Aunt Violet.They think they’re making progress until one of their chief suspects is found dead. And Hannah realises that she is herself now in the murderer’s sights. Will the final chapter be the ending of a killer… or just a killer ending?A totally addictive, WW1-set cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Agatha Christie.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Davison, Anita<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Boldwood Books, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries ; 1<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> Autumn Chills [electronic resource] : Tales of Intrigue from the Queen of Crime https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3666529&CF=GEN Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker …Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs abound in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Agatha Christie’s other favourite detectives. Autumn is the season of misty mornings and cosy nights in, but as the leaves begin to fall the nights get longer and the shadows grow darker …Secluded cottages, eerie manors and ghostly hauntings and cursed tombs abound in this collection of 12 supernatural mysteries and murderous plots featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Agatha Christie’s other favourite detectives.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Christie, Agatha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda/HarperCollins UK, 2023<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Hampshire Digital Library - (HANTS) - EBooks - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br />