Comic books in 'Agatha Christie Adventures'

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted by Francois Riviere. Art by Frank Leclercq. Gipsy's Acre is a truly beautiful place. In fact, it is the perfect location to build the house of your dreams - so long as you don't believe in ancient curses. Michael and Ellie don't. They are young, rich and far too happy to be put off by an old woman's warnings. Even when accidents start to happen... Written in 1967 towards the end of her career, this claustrophobic thriller was a remarkable achievement for Agatha Christie, proving that she could still shock and surprise modern audiences after nearly 50 years writing books. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted and illustrated by Alain Paillou. Captain Hastings likes a quiet life. He does not like strangers who send his friend Hercule Poirot on round-the-world trips to defeat criminal masterminds with exotic code names. But their enquiries take a tragic turn when Hastings finds himself confronted by Poirot's twin brother, who announces that Hercule Poirot is dead! The Big Four was published in 1927 and was one of Agatha Christie's most ambitious books. Putting Poirot into the centre of an international spy thriller, she created a story ideally suited to a graphic adaption, now finally achieved 80 years later by Alain Paillou. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted and illustrated by Marek. Introduction by Mathew Prichard. It's time for the village fete, and Hercule Poirot has been invited to give away the prizes in a game of 'Hunt the Murderer', organized by his old friend Ariadne Oliver. But when events take a sinister turn, the famous Belgian detective finds himself judging a game that has become deadly serious! Having decided to bring back her favorite character, the eccentric crime novelist Mrs Oliver, Agatha Christie also chose to set Dead Man's Folly at her favorite place, her summer home of Greenway in Devon. This faithful adaption by Marek enhances the story by depicting Greenway and its grounds in the artwork. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted by Didier Quella-Guyot. Art by Thierry Jollet. It is August, and Hercule Poirot is taking a well-earned holiday by the sea. The sun is shining and the crowds are enjoying the sand and the surf. But the famous detective is never off his guard: "There is evil everywhere under the sun," he says - and before long he is proved right again when a body is discovered on the beach! Evil Under the Sun was written by Agatha Christie in 1941 at a time when the world was overshadowed by war. To cheer up her fans and provide extra escapism, Agatha set her new mystery on the beautiful resort of Burgh Island off the Devon coast, and Thierry Jollet's sunny artwork includes the real locations as Agatha originally intended. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre. To help make this year's halloween a night to remember, Mrs Drake throws a party for all the youngsters in the village. But one hostile teenager gets so caught up in the theme of the evening that she claims to have witnessed a murder. Nobody takes her seriously, of course, until the girl is silenced - permanently. Why would anyone want to eliminate such a young witness? Unless it was to hide an even more terrible crime? Halloween Party, an investigation for Hercule Poirot written in 1969, includes the appearance of his apple-munching sidekick, the crime writer Mrs Ariadne Oliver, and is brought to life by Chandre, who has also adapted Ordeal by Innocence and Murder in Mesopotamia for this series. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted by Francois Riviere. Art by Chandre. An Expedition to excavate the ruins of an ancient city is halted by a grisly murder. Mrs Leidner, wife of the famous archaeologist, had been warning about death threats, but everyone knows how the heat plays tricks on the mind. Now, on the edge of the beautiful River Tigris, the open desert becomes the claustrophobic setting for an exotic investigation. Murder in Mesopotamia was written by Agatha Christie 1934 while accompanying her archaeologist husband on one of his expeditions to Iraq. It was the first Hercule Poirot book set in the Middle East, and is the first to be faithfully adapted into an atmospheric comic strip by the young French artist, Chandre. Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.

1st printing. Story by Agatha Christie. Adapted and illustrated by Chandre. No one felt sorry when Jacko Argyle died in prison. Everyone knew he killed his mother with a blow to the head from an iron poker. But when a doctor turns up at the house two years afterwards with proof of Jacko's innocence, the whole family is horrified. Because it can mean only one thing - that their mother's killer is still among them... Hardcover, 52 pages, full color.