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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 Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is one of the most popular fictional detectives, solving mysteries from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to Murder on the Orient Express.
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Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Agatha Christie created two crime-solving sleuths as different as night and day, the self-proclaimed genius Hercule Poirot and elderly spinster aunt Miss Marple.
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English Names for Common Foods
When traveling in England, you'll be faced with unfamiliar words. Some are easily translated; lift for elevator, for example. With foods, things are not so simple.
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Hercule Poirot
An enduring figure in crime fiction, Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous characters of the "golden age" of the whodunnit.
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Book Review - "Black Coffee" by Agatha Christie
This is a book review of "Black Coffee" by Agatha Christie.
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The Novels of Agatha Christie
A profile of the world's best-selling writer, whose novels have now sold around 4 billion copies.
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Agatha Christie's Detectives
Agatha Christie created many popular detectives, such as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, who all solved difficult crimes in different but equally ingenious ways.
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A Brief History of Detective Fiction
Detective fiction has not changed much since its inception. This essay will provide a brief history of the genre and an overview of how to distinguish between the styles.
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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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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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Detective Fiction Quiz on Writers and Detectives
This is a Detective Fiction Quiz of famous writers or detectives.
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Solution to Detective Fiction Quiz
This is the solution to last week's Detective Fiction Quiz.
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Torquay's Festival to the Queen of Crime
Torquay's festival to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, world's best-selling mystery writer and creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, is held each September.
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Visit Agatha Christie's Holiday Home at Greenway
The holiday home of Agatha Christie, Greenway near Torquay, has been opened to the public by the National Trust to show the private life of the popular crime writer.
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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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Book Review - "The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories"
This is a book review of "The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories" by Agatha Christie.
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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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Influences on Agatha Christie's Writing
Most writers are observers, using incidents in their lives to inspire their writing. One well-loved writer who used her experiences in her novels was Agatha Christie.
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Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
When Agatha Christie died in 1976, fans were distraught. Oh, if only they could find just one more Agatha Christie novel. Well, now they can - Black Coffee.
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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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On the Agatha Christie Trail in Torquay, Devon
The most famous mystery author in the world was born and grew up in Torquay in Devon, and the Agatha Christie Mile is a tour of the town that visits sites that she knew.
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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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Solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz
This is the solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz that appeared last week.
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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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Word Scramble - Famous Detectives and Writers
Word Scramble of Detectives and Detective Fiction Writers.
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Word Scramble -- Famous Detectives and Writers
Word Scramble of Detectives and Detective Fiction Writers.
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Holidays Can Be Murder
Mystery books with a holiday theme!
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Sir Peter Ustinov Biography
Biography of Sir Peter Ustinov, Renaissance man, linguist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, a Renaissance man.
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Watching the Detectives 2
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Agatha Christie Brief Bio and Works
Brief biography Agatha Christie, famous for her collection of mystery novels starring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and St. Mary Mead's elderly Miss Jane Marple.
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Agatha Christie, P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh…
Fascism, Flappers, Frivolity, and Fascinating Rhythm...the tone of the conflicted inter-war period was written about by many novelists of the period.
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Solution to Detective Fiction Matching Quiz
This is the solution to the American Detective Fiction Writer's Matching Quiz that was published February 16, 1999.
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Wimps, Wackos and Winners: The Three W's of Writing Bestselling Characters
Great characters of bestselling fiction. You know who they are: Scarlett O'Hara, Frodo Baggins, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Tarzan, Harry Potter, among others. Why have these characters become almost like real people to us? Why do readers venerate them generation after generation?
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"A Fantastic Site"
This is a review of an excellect site I found about mystery, intrigue, and suspense. The site is titled "Stop You're Killing Me!"
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Albert Finney
Profile of Albert Finney
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Book Review of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie
This is a book review of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie.
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Detective Fiction Quiz
This is a Detective Fiction Quiz. It consists of Multiple Choice, True and False, and Fill in the Blanks.
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Solution to Breaking the Code
This is the solution to "Breaking the Code."
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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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Book Review -- "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
This is a book review of "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.
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Brit-Mystery Showdown Round One - Poirot vs.Campion and more...
It's time to choose the top telly detective od all time!
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Death and the Lit Chick by G. M. Malliet
Female British Author G. M. Malliet's latest humorous mystery novel was chosen by Kirkus Review as Best Book of 2008, and is a book club favorite.
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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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Profiling, Part I: Introduction
An introduction to criminal profiling.
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The Brit-Mystery Showdown Finalists
The Top Ten British Mystery and Crime Shows, as chosen by Suite 101 users, fight it out to see who's number one!
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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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An Ugly Black Buzzard
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil--the power of voodoo became the ultimate means of delivering justice.
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An Unusual Private Investigator
This is a book review about an unusual private investigator named Joe Grey.
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Book Review -- Messenger of Truth
Some mysteries are best left unsolved, as 1930s intrepid detective Maisie Dobbs and her wealthy client discover, much too late.
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