La Orquesta Fantasma

In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside seems to unravel at a fast pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.

Hercule Poirot finds that he cannot escape death, even when travelling across Mesopotamia, on a boat on the Nile or exploring the ruins at Petra. This magnificent omnibus contains three exotic mysteries: ''Murder in Mesopotamia'' which sends Poirot on an archaeological dig in the Iraqi desert, ''Death on the Nile'' where his perfectly pleasant vacation is ruined when he must investigate a crime of passion, and finally in ''Appointment with Death'' when an unholy murder casts a shadow over the Holy Land. Contains a preface by Agatha Christie on the character of Poirot.

Ana de Mendoza, viuda del secretario de Estado de Felipe II y, según los rumores de palacio, favorita del propio rey, fue una dama lo suficientemente temperamental como para perder un ojo en un duelo y para enfrentarse al monarca.

As Nazis advance on Paris in 1940, French Jews, in particular, flee to all parts of the world, including Spain and Mexico.