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Curran, John, 1954-
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship.
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Agatha Christie's se...
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Agatha Christie's secret notebooks : fifty years of mysteries in the making / John Curran.
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Curran, John, 1954-
New York : Harper, 2009.
Subjects
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character. -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship.
ISBN:
9780061988363 (hardback)
0061988367 (hardback)
Description:
492 p. : ill., photographs ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
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 int he 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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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of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories.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.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
823.912 Cu
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Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library
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823.912 Cu
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