Intention, accident, mishap? Or a higher power?
An attempted murder takes an unexpected turn, as the roles of attacker and victim are suddenly reversed... A woman's sixth sense and a loaded revolver - it doesn't bode well... A motorist in trouble seeks refuge in a nearby mansion, but is greeted with a strange message.
Evan Llewellyn is suspected of stealing the Star of Dawn, the greatest diamond of the wealthy Isaac Pointz - will Hercule Poirot be able to clear the young man's name, especially in the eyes of his love? Enjoy not only the brilliantly constructed Witness for the Prosecution, which has been adapted as a stage play and filmed several times, but also lesser-known but no less rare gems from the realm of detective miniatures. Eleven stories full of shocking crimes and brilliant deduction show Agatha Christie at her most dazzling!
Ben Affleck is making a film based on the short story Witness for the Prosecution, in which he will play one of the main roles.
List of short stories:
1. Nightingale's Nest (Adéla Kubacakova)
2. Accident (Martin Preiss)
3. Song of the Sixpence (Viktor Preiss)
4. Radio (Libuše Švormová)
5. The Mystery of the Blue Vase (Otakar Brousek Jr. )
6. Poirot and the Mystery on the Regatta* (Lukáš Hlavica)
7. The Fourth One (Viktor Preiss)
8. The Adventures of Mr. Eastwood (Otakar Brousek Jr. )
9. SOS (Růžena Merunková)
10. Red (Martin Preiss)
11. Prosecution witness (Otakar Brousek Jr. )
*Poirot's Mystery on the Regatta was published in English only in 2008, in Czech the prose exists only in the gift anthology Hercule Poirot: Short Stories (Book Club, 2016). You can listen to it now exclusively in Witness for the Prosecution (2020).
