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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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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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Coupling | Jeeves and Wooster | New Poirot | TISWAS
Coupling rave, Men Behaving Badly News, Jeeves and Wooster on DVD, TISWAS and Multi Coloured Swap Shop
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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's Strange Disappearance
The 11-day gap in the life of world-famous Agatha Christie, remains, over eighty years later a mystery as perplexing as a plot from one of her novels.
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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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Sir Peter Ustinov Biography
Biography of Sir Peter Ustinov, Renaissance man, linguist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, a Renaissance man.
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The Last Confession
A meditation on power, corruption and how far the church is from what it claims to be. It's unlikely that Crane will receive a Christmas card from the Vatican.
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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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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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Solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz
This is the solution to the Detective Fiction Quiz that appeared last week.
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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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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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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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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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Eltham Palace, Tudor Home and Art Deco Dream
Visit London's least-known palace and gardens, home to Tudor kings and 1930s millionaires. Art Deco Eltham is a glimpse of lost worlds and an unusual day out in London.
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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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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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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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Holidays Can Be Murder
Mystery books with a holiday theme!
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Watching the Detectives 2
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Agatha Christie's Marple on ITV1 – Review
The Queen of Crime is unfashionable but her popularity never dims, which is why ITV1 has lavished a stellar cast on Jane Marple's return in A Pocket Full of Rye.
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Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense by Martin H. Greenberg
This is part one of a review of the short stories that appear in the book, "Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense" that is compiled by Martin H. Greenberg.
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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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UKTV on DVD in the USA (and elsewhere)
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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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MYSTERIES ON TV
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