Adventure of the Christmas pudding : An English country house at Christmas time should be the perfect place to get away from it all - but nothing is ever simple for Hercule Poirot, as he finds not one but five baffling cases to solve. First comes a sinister warning on his pillow to avoid the plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest...next, an overheard quarrel that leads to murder...the strange case of a dead man's eating habits...and the puzzle of a victim who dreams of his own suicide.

Hound of death : A young Englishman visiting a Cornwall village finds himself delving into the legend of a Belgian nun, Sister Marie Angelique, who is living as a refugee in the area. Apparently possessed of supernatural powers, she is said to have caused her entire convent to explode when it was occupied by invading German soldiers during World War I. She was the only survivor. Could such a tall tale possibly be true?