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Cards on the Table: Novel
An enjoyable evening of bridge turns into a murder investigation when the flamboyant host Mr Shaitana is found dead. Can the four invited investigators - Hercule Poirot, Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race and Ariadne Oliver - discover which of the other four guests is the killer? All four had the opportunity ...
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Dead Man's Folly: Novel
Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise the murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her ...
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Death by Drowning: Short Story
Miss Marple’s old friend Dolly Bantry has heard some news about one of the village girls. Rose Emmott threw herself off a bridge and drowned; the poor girl had discovered she was pregnant. But Miss Marple doesn’t believe it was suicide, and hearing the facts she believes she knows who ...
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Death Comes as the End: Novel
It is 2000 BC in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful young concubine Nofret. But not all the members of his family welcome her. When she is found dead Imhotep’s daughter, Renisenb, suspects it might not have been an accident. The death unleashes the greed and hate that ...
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Hallowe'en Party: Novel
Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver has been invited to Woodleigh Common, where a Hallowe'en party is underway for a group of local adolescents.. One of the guests is a young girl known for telling tall tales of murder and intrigue. When the girl is found drowned in an apple-bobbing tub, Ariadne ...
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St Mary Mead: Christie's England
The fictional village of St Mary Mead is about 25 miles from London and 12 miles from the coast. The main train station is in “Much Benham” two miles away. Although Murder at the Vicarage (1930) is the first novel set in St Mary Mead, the village itself was mentioned ... -
Adapting Christie, or, How I Learned to Start Complaining and Hate the Changes: Blog
Fandom is a strange yet wonderful phenomenon. Some professed “fans” of Agatha Christie are content to read the occasional Christie novel once in a while, when they have the time. Other fans feel compelled to read every book that Christie ever wrote. Still other fans seek out every movie and ... -
Another World Record?: Blog
‘Wouldn’t it be good if Agatha Christie could break another world record?’ It was one of those mornings. Our monthly meeting to discuss sales figures and forward plans with Agatha Christie Limited is usually eventful enough, as there’s always something interesting going on, but today Mathew Prichard was in attendance ... -
Silent Pool - which book?:
I believe Christie used Silent Pool in Surrey to kill one of her characters. Can anyone tell which book this ...