Triad Grafton Books

1 Sweet talkMarrakech: Tuesday Marrakech is just what the guide-books say it is. Marrakech is an ancient walled city surrounded with olive groves and palm trees. Behind it rise the mountains of the high Adas and in the city the market place at Djemaa-el-Fna is alive with jugglers, dancers,...

CHAPTER ONE I GO TO STYLES The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to...

The heavy blue notepaper crackled as the man signed his name.The signature was an actorvs: a dashing autograph, biggerby far than any of the text. It began well, rushing forwardboldly before halting suddenly enough to split the supply ofink. Then it retreated to strangle itself in loops. The...