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The Hollow (Poirot)
Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie’s ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple)
Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
British Dramatists Since World War II
More editions... The Mystery of Agatha Christie (Garden City: Doubleday, 1978); Randall Toye, comp., The Agatha Christie Who's Who (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980); Nancy Blue Wynne, An Agatha Christie Chronology (New York: Ace, 1976 ).
Murder She Wrote: A Study of Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction
Patricia D. MaidaThis book explores the inter-relationships between Agatha Christie and her works to seek the wholeness in the Christie experience.
Mystery and its fictions: from Oedipus to Agatha Christie
David I. Grossvogel... uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 2. Agatha Christie, Curtain ( New York; Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain 40 MYSTERY AND ITS FICTIONS.
The Poetics of murder: detective fiction and literary theory
Glenn W. Most... for the longest uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 1Agatha Christie, Curtain (New York, Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain was Agatha Christie: Containment ...
Agatha Christie: Murder in four acts : a centenary ...
Peter HainingProfiles the adaptations of Agatha Christie detective fiction for performance in various media, including accounts of the actors who have played Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
Bruce PendergastEveryman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie is a reference book covering Christie's 238 stories.
Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot
Agatha ChristieDiscover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world’s most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie.
Yellow Iris: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
Agatha ChristieA classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Agatha Christie - The Finished Portrait
Dr Andrew NormanIn Agatha Christie: The Finished Portrait, Dr Andrew Norman delves deep into the crime writer`s past to discover the desperate insecurity that sparked her disappearence in 1926.
An Autobiography
Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie’s ‘most absorbing mystery’ – her own autobiography.
The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia
Matthew BunsonOffers biographical details about the mystery writer's life, A-to-Z plot summaries of her novels, character listings, and film and television listings.
Agatha Christie
Laura ThompsonHer book is a superb piece of biography' Literary Review 'Affectionate, admiring, perceptive and absolutely convincing' Sunday Telegraph 'This splendid account of [Christie's] life and work is unlikely to be bettered' Evening Standard 'A ...
Celebrating Quiet Artists: Stirring Stories of Introverted ...
Prasenjeet KumarAs Kathryn Harkup explains in the book, “A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie,” there was no match to Agatha's use of chemistry driving her plots. Her mastery over poisons, that provided the pacing, was absolute. She knew of each ...
The Ageless Agatha Christie: Essays on the Mysteries and the ...
PreviewPatricia D. Maida and Nicholas B. Spornick assert that “Harley Quin and Mr. Satterthwaite continue to spark interest perhaps because they are so different from [Christie's] other detectives” (p. 121). 6. Cook, Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story ...
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie
Richard HackDuchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth and scandal as any mystery that Christie ever crafted.
An Agatha Christie Chronology
Nancy Blue WynneWynne lists in chronological order, the English titles, American titles, plot outlines and character analyses of every Christie work through 1975.
Agatha Christie
Mary WagonerProfiles the life and career of the mystery writer, and analyzes her works
The Mysterious Mr Quin
Agatha ChristieA mysterious stranger appears at a New Year’s Eve party, becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite...
The Detective Novels of Agatha Christie: A Reader's Guide
James ZemboyEach chapter begins with general comments on a novel's geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story.
Homeschooled Writers Like Agatha Christie, Hans Christian ...
Dana RasmussenWriters are known for living somewhat reclusive lives to get the written word down on paper, so it's no surprise many of them were also homeschooled.
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Kathryn HarkupHer choice of deadly substances was far from random – the characteristics of each often provide vital clues to the discovery of the murderer. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is obvious, but this is not the case with poisons.
The Labours of Hercules (Poirot)
Agatha ChristieIn this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake...
Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home ...
Linda S. PeavyFor an overview of James Christie's life, see Bonnie Palmquist, "The Journey to Canaan: Letters of the Christie Family." M.A. thesis, Hamline University, 1990. 6. Alexander Christie (hereafter abbreviated as AC) to Sarah Christie (hereafter ...
Elusion aforethought: the life and writing of Anthony ...
Malcolm J. TurnbullLike the loving surveys of Agatha Christie's work compiled by Nancy Blue Wynne and Robert Barnard/ it grew out of my own intense enjoyment and enthusiasm for the Berkeley and Iles novels (and my fascination with the contradictory ...
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot
Anne HartThe definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances. e ~My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.
Midnight in Peking: The Murder That Haunted the Last Days of ...
Paul FrenchHe tells this tale with the skill of an Agatha Christie' Financial Times 'Fascinating and irresistible. I couldn't put it down' John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 'Vivid, pulsating, riveting.
The Armchair Detective
Allen J. HubinCatalogue of Crime (Harper, 1971) and by Nancy Blue Wynne's An Agatha Christie Chronology (Ace, 1976). Charles Osborne puts the record straight on page 57 of his book: with the spelling "Quinn," it is the title of a book by another author, ...
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