Agatha Miller was born in Torquay, England on September 15, 1890. After marrying Colonel Archibald Christie at age 23 she got the surname she s made so famous. Christie spent more than fifty years writing, and has produced 79 novels and short story collections. Her most famous character is the bright, little detective Hercule Poirot. On January 12, 1976, Agatha Christie passed away. An interesting thing about Agatha Christie is that she actually had dyslexia but despite that fact she managed to write stories and eventually become who fans call Queen of Crime.

When Ariadne Oliver and her friend, Judith Butler, attend a children s Halloween party in the village of Woodleigh Common, a young girl named Joyce Reynolds boasts of having witnessed a murder from years before. Joyce s story is heard by all the party, including her strange brother Leopold, the impeccable hostess Rowena Drake, her bookish son Edmund, and the local Reverend Cottrell. Mrs Whittaker, the church organist, and Frances Drake, Rowena s feisty daughter, are dismissive of her story, but later that evening Joyce s lifeless body is discovered face-down in the apple-bobbing bucket. At Mrs Oliver s behest, Poirot travels down to Woodleigh Common to investigate the murder. Although the local police and Joyce s stepmother dismiss the dead girl s claim, Poirot takes Joyce s story seriously. Mrs Goodbody, a gossiping charwoman, tells Poirot there have...

Investigating a spy-ring, Lt. Colin Race comes to Wilbraham Crescent, where he literally bumps into agency typist Sheila Webb, as she comes flying out of number 19, the home of blind receptionist Millicent Pebmarsh. Sheila has discovered the body of a man whose identity proves hard to confirm, surrounded by four clocks, stopped at the same time. Miss Pebmarsh does not know the man and did not ask for the services of Sheila, who is the initial chief suspect. However, as Poirot is brought in to assist Inspector Hardcastle in the case, and the murderer strikes again, Poirot comes to realize that the man was killed elsewhere and brought to Miss Pebmarsh s house. The neighbors claim to have seen nothing but Poirot believes one of them may have had a secret which was worth killing for and sets out to unmask them, as well as explaining the significance, if any, of the clocks. At the same time, Colin solves his investigation with Poirot s help.