十二件無法解釋的異象，無法理解的怪事：
　　地上落了排列出狗型的火藥；靈界梢來的惡兆；一幢鬧鬼的屋子；降靈會上的意外；人格分裂的行為；重覆出現的惡夢；不祥的電報；擁有年輕軀體的老人；靈魂出竅的求救；重度健忘的男子；飄浮空中的體驗；神秘的SOS訊號。種種超自然及不可思議的怪像令人不寒而慄，本書除了考驗您的智力，也深入你的直覺力……
　　★本書中譯本《死亡之犬》由遠流出版
　　A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story Witness for the Prosecution...Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation! A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ’the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of ’murder’; a young man’s sudden amnesia; a levitation experience; a mysterious SOS. To discover the answers, delve into the supernatural storytelling of Agatha Christie.
作者簡介
　　Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.