Product Description <br/>[Read by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet]<br/><br/><br/>The Under Dog and Other Stories is a collection of canny crimes that could only be conceived by Agatha Christie, and solved by her famous character: dapper Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.<br/><br/> A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancee is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head.<br/><br/>Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met -- in a triumph of detection.<br/><br/><br/> About the Author <br/>Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a British crime writer best known for her detective novels and short stories. According to<br/>Guinness World Records, she is the best-selling novelist of all time, her novels having sold over four billion copies and having been translated into more than one hundred languages. The Agatha Award for best mystery and crime writers was named in her honor.