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Third Girl: Paperbacks
Three young women share a London flat. he first is a coolly efficient personal secretary; the second an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast of brioche and chocolat insisting that she is a murderer – and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumours surrounding the mysterious third ...
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Games
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After the Funeral: Interactive DVD Games
Can you solve Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, After the funeral? Take Poirot’s challenge to find clues hidden in this unique Murder Mystery DVD game! Entertainment for all the family - play a series of exciting games and puzzles to test your detective skills in ‘observation’, ‘analysis’ and ‘intuition’ as ...
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From Stories
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4.50 From Paddington: Novel
“A man strangled a woman! In a train. I saw it.”
Mrs. McGillicuddy – 4.50 from Paddington
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Absent In The Spring: Novel
A psychological exploration of a woman's identity crisis, which occurs during a brief period of isolation from family and friends in Mesopotamia. Given time for introspection, Joan Scudamore realizes her life has been one of self-deception, and she returns home with a resolve to be more forthright in her relationships. ...
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After the Funeral: Novel
When Cora is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother's funeral takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it...But he was murdered, wasn't he?" In desperation, the ...
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Agatha Christie: A Biography: Reference Book
Janet Morgan's biography uses family papers and other protected material, to shed light on Agatha Christie's life, work and relationships in a sympathetic portrait.
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Crooked House: Novel
Three generations of the Leonides family live together in a large, if somewhat crooked looking, house. Then the wealthy patriarch, Aristide, is murdered. Suspicion falls on the whole household, including Aristide’s two sons, his widow – fifty years his junior – and even his three grandchildren. Could any member of ...
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Biography: The Queen of Crime
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, England. Her father, Frederick, was an outgoing American with an independent income. Her mother, Clara, was rather shy; Agatha resembled her greatly in personality. There were two other children - Madge and Monty, both older than Agatha. Although ... -
Greenway: Christie's England
Agatha Christie loved nothing better than escaping with her family to Greenway, their Devon holiday home. Following the launch of an appeal to raise £5.4 million to help pay for major restoration work, the National Trust will open Greenway House to the public from Spring 2009. For the first time, visitors ... -
Mary Westmacott: The Queen of Crime
To celebrate Agatha Christie’s centenary, Rosalind Hick’s, Agatha Christie's only daughter, wrote an essay on the Westmacott novels. We have reproduced this in part: As early as 1930, my mother wrote her first novel using the name “Mary Westmacott”. These novels, six in all, were a complete departure from the usual ... -
The Guessing Game: Blog
I thought you might be entertained by this little bit of family history. I remember the year when Nima read us a chapter or two of A Pocket Full of Rye after dinner each night. It must have been 1953 and I can remember the scene as if it were yesterday. ... -
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 ... -
How did Nadine Boynton know about the Orient Express Case in Appointment with Death: Blog
How did Nadine Boynton know about the Orient Express case in Appointment With Death? By Chris Chan (SPOILER WARNING! THIS ESSAY CONTAINS POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, CARDS ON THE TABLE, AND THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD. READ WITH CAUTION.) In Appointment with Death, the suspect Nadine ... -
Appointment with death movie:
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I write again my review of the tv-adaptation of "Appointment with death".
Well... I just saw Appointment with death ...
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2nd Review of Appointment w D:
I prepared the following review after having seen ”Appointment with Death” on Swedish television on Monday the 22nd of last ...
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Life :
LIFE REPEATS ITSELF Agatha Christie's books are a great favourite of mine. The sweet old lady, Miss Marple , has ...