"There is a great deal of wickedness in village life." Miss Marple doesn't look like your average detective but looks can be deceiving. This gentle old lady may have spent her life in the picturesque English village of St. Mary Mead but she is a spinster sleuth adept at solving murders that baffle Scotland Yard.

"My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world" A dapper, moustache-twirling eccentric with inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' this brilliant Belgian detective solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century.

Tommy and Tuppence launched their detective agency "Young Adventureres Ltd" with an advert in The Times: "Willing to do anything. Go anywhere... No unreasonable offer refused." The daring duo soon find themselves facing spies and saboteurs, jewel thieves and murderers...