Articles related to "Agatha Christie"
Gifts for Agatha Christie Fans
Agatha Christie mystery fans number in the millions. There's probably one on your gift list this year.
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Agatha Christie's Short Stories
While the Light Lasts is a collection of some of the early short stories by Agatha Christie. It will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie and the short story alike.
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Book Review: Death on the Nile
Set on a Nile River boat, this Christie classic has all of the ingredients -- glamour, murder, jealousy, and greed.
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Review - Murder of Roger Ackroyd
"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" is a classic of the mystery genre. This Christie puzzler is as enjoyable today as when it was released in 1926.
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Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie, born in 1890, wrote 80 mystery novels and numerous plays and short stories. Her works have sold over two billion copies in 45 languages.
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Agatha Christie's Marple
A very new take on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories, featuring an all-star cast: Simon Callow, Richard E. Grant, Dawn French, Catherine Tate...
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• geraldine mcewan
• the body in the library
• tommy and tuppence beresford
And Then There Were None
Become part of the action on secluded Shipwreck Island as Mr. U N Owen's ten guests start dying off one by one.
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At Bertram's Hotel
A late-Christie Marple that cleverly uses the reader's expectations against them, and compares well with her other novels of that period, such as Third Girl and Nemesis.
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• at bertram's hotel
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Exploring Agatha Christie's Art of Deception and Digression
A review of Pierre Bayard's <i>Who Killed Roger Ackroyd</i>, a work that examines Agatha Christie's <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i> and offers a convincing argument that the solution Christie's detective Hercule Poirot advances is not the same as the one Christie intends.
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• pierre bayard
Learning About Motives and Opportunities
This article is about the short story "Motive v Opportunity" by Agatha Christie. I discuss how she wrote the story and especially how detectives make their list of suspects and who had the motives and opportunity to commit crimes.
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Magical Mystery Tour
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• john d. macdonald
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Mrs. Christie's Mystery
This is a speculation about the disappearance of mystery author Agatha Christie in 1926. An analysis of her 1977 autobiography reveals clues about her psychological defenses which may shed light on the issue of whether or not she was suffering from amnesia.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" is a murder mystery classic. The diverse characters and unique plot make for a timeless -- and enjoyable -- novel.
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Mystery/Suspense Books
Mystery & suspense categories and author examples of each category.
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Solution to Female Detective Writers
This is the solution to the quiz "Female Detective Fiction/Suspense Writers."
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• agatha christie
• catherine coulter
• sara paretsky
• josephine tey
Suspects and Their Motives
This is an article about suspects and their motives. I compare three books by three different authors. "The Maze" by Catherine Coulter, "Track of the Cat" by Nevada Barr, and "The Unexpected Guest" by Agatha Christie.
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The Daughter of Time
An early example of history as mystery, in which
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• colin dexter
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The Moving Finger
The Moving Finger is technically a Miss Marple novel, written in the same year as Why Didn't They Ask Evans? But it's a very different novel.
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What is Detective Fiction?
I discuss what Detective Fiction is and what a private investigator does in order to solve a crime. Then, I mention a few of the well-known detectives and the authors. I also mention where these authors can be located.
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• raymond chandler
"British Detective Fiction Writers"
This article is about British Detective Fiction and a site where I found a list of British Detective Fiction writers such as Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Josephine Tey, etc.
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• james anderson
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Cat Among the Pigeons
An unjustifiably neglected little gem from late in the career of the Queen of Crime, Cat Among the Pigeons is one of the most memorable of all Agatha Christie's novels.
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Miss Marple of St. Mary Mead
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, with her knitting, gardening and shrewd view of human nature, solved crime based on her experiences in the country village of St. Mary Mead
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Miss Pym Disposes
One of too few novels by a Scottish writer who died far too young, like her others Miss Pym Disposes almost certainly influenced later writers such as Agatha Christie.
• gordon daviot
• josephine tey
• the man in the queue
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Murder Mystery Games
Yes, these sorts of clue-like roleplaying games Really Do count as a kind of IF. Faddish in the '80s, this genre now has a smaller, but MUCH more discerning audience.
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Mystery Reference Books
Mystery reference books to guide you to your next favorite author.
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Settings - Part One - Places Authors Have Used
This is an article on settings. Writers choose islands, country scenes, houses, courtrooms, hospitals, etc. for their settings. Where is your setting going to be?
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• you can write a mystery by gillian roberts
• the unexpected guest by agatha christie
• dead man's island by carolyn hart
• track of the cat by nevada barr
Sklyarov free on $50,000 bail
Sklyarov has been released on $50,000 bail. Readers who buy an RCA eBook reading device between August 9 and September 30 will receive $200 worth of free Gemstar eBook content. Ipublish.com is releasing its first set of books this month by new authors discovered on their Ipublish web site. RosettaBooks ntroducing the vanishing eBook. The San Diego Union-Tribune is now blocking access to all of the archive's created prior to January 2000.
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Solution to Detective Fiction Quiz
This is the solution to last week's Detective Fiction Quiz.
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• catherine coulter
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Sweet Mysteries
Sweet Mysteries -- A Guide to mystery writers and their novels.
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• john d. macdonald
• agatha christie
• perry mason
• erle stanley gardner
Teens Reading the Classics
Teens are not limited to the modern fiction being mass-produced for them today - the classics are still equally as applicable and accessible.
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• pride and prejudice
• jane austen
The Edge by Dick Francis
A quirky mix of Josephine Tey's Brat Farrar, Agatha Christie and hardboiled detective fiction, The Edge is one of Francis' most unusual novels, and is a memorable read.
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The Singing Sands
The last novel by a great writer who died too early, takes Inspector Grant on a rest cure to the remote Scottish islands on the west coast of Scotland.
• josephine tey
• gordon daviot
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
An early and often overlooked little gem from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, for once not featuring either Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, but two young adventurers.
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• tommy and tuppence
Book Review: 101 Crimes of the Century
This list of famous crimes from the past one hundred years includes murders, assassinations and serial killings.
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• compilation of true crime stories
• alan j whiticker
• infamous murders
• assassinations
Britain by the A and B Roads
Holidaying by car lets you explore the 'real' England, but motorways can be stressful. Stay relaxed. Drive by old A & B roads staying in cosy pubs & former coaching inns
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Matching Quiz: Detective Fiction Writers and Sleuths
A test of Detective Fiction skills. The readers are to match the sleuths to the famous Detective Fiction Writers. Answers will appear next week.
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• raymond chandler
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