Bibliograph

Agatha Christie's secret notebooks, fifty years of mysteries in the making, John Curran

Type

Label

Agatha Christie's secret notebooks, fifty years of mysteries in the making, John Curran

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 485) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Agatha Christie's secret notebooks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

441194652

Responsibility statement

John Curran

Sub title

fifty years of mysteries in the making

Summary

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories. This was first published in the UK --Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A murder is announced: the beginning of a career -- Dumb witness: the evidence of the notebooks. Exhibit A: The Detection Club -- The moving finger: Agatha Christie at work. Exhibit B: Other crime writers in the notebooks -- Cat among the pigeons: The nursery rhyme murders. Exhibit C: Agatha Christie in the notebooks -- Blind man's buff: a game of murder. Exhibit D: true crime in the notebooks -- The girl in the train: murder abroad -- Elephants can remember: murder in retrospect. Exhibit E: N or M? -- a titles quiz -- Destination unknown: murder abroad -- In a glass darkly: the unknown Christie. Exhibit F: The house of dreams: unused ideas -- Sanctuary: a holiday for murder -- Poirot investigates: The labours of Hercules. Exhibit G: Murder is easy: seeds of inspiration -- The body in the library: murder by quotation -- Appendix: Swan song: two last stories. The capture of Cerberus ; The incident of the dog's ball

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