The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha ChristieDick Riley, Pam McAllister, Bruce Cassiday A&C Black, 1 Sep 2001 - 384 halaman Over 400,000 copies sold! If you are a mystery buff, an Agatha Christie fan, an occasional Christie reader or an acquaintance of any of the above, this book is for you and all your fortunate friends The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, on the 25th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, continues as a grand salute to the queen of mysteries. It is filled with wonderful and surprising things about her books, her characters, the movies and plays based on them, and Dame Agatha herself. Original contributions by some sixty writers celebrate the Christie touch. Take your pick among thse intriguing features and speculations: -Surviving an English country weekend - if you had the advice of Hercule Poirot - A guide to the Christie poisions, as well as the cruder methods of genteel mayhem - The "other" Agatha Christie who wrote romantic novels - A murder victim's (!) first-person account of a Christie Mystery Weekend - The Hercule Poirot Double-Crostic and other puzzles That's a taste. There's much more - and witty plot summaries of all Christie's novels, plays, and many of her short stories. (But no endings, of course!) This treasury is more than entertainment - it is also a personal reference work for Christie fans. And there are scores of movie posters, film stills, illustrations and a Christie mystery map, too. |
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1928 | 33 |
CONTENTS | 42 |
Murder at Hazelmoor 1931 suspicion inevitably falls first on the butler | 48 |
A MACABRE TEA PARTY | 55 |
Thirteen at Dinner 1933 by Phil Clendenen | 63 |
Black Coffee 1934 by Helene Von Rosenstiel | 69 |
Death on the Nile 1937 Agatha Christie | 112 |
Appointment with Death 1938 romances into which she poured her intense | 118 |
The Mousetrap and Other Stories | 188 |
HERCULE POIROT 244 Double Sin and Other Stories | 214 |
So Many Steps to Death 1954 by Michael Tennenbaum | 222 |
Unexpected Guest 1958 by Granville Burgess | 229 |
The Man in the Brown Suit 1924 by Dale G Copps | 231 |
Ordeal by Innocence 1958 | 236 |
The Adventure of the Christmas by Edwin A Rollins | 242 |
CONTENTS | 273 |
YOU NEED LOOK | 124 |
LIFE ON THE NILE by Cindy Loose 155 Towards Zero 1944 | 150 |
Remembered Death 1945 by John Sturman | 166 |
There Is a Tide 1948 200 THE QUOTABLE CHRISTIE | 173 |
A GUIDE TO MURDERS by Elizabeth Leese | 180 |
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Beth Simon | 314 |
HE AND SHE by Bruce Cassiday | 321 |
AGATHA IN THE EIGHTIES 345 AGATHA CHRISTIE MADE ME DO | 334 |
JESSICA FLETCHER | 340 |
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