Agatha Christie's secret notebooks : fifty years of mysteries in the making / John Curran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curran, John, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

Christie, Agatha.

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.

Detective and mystery stories--Authorship.

Detective and mystery stories.

Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Poirot, Hercule.

Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

492 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, 2009.

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of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories.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.

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.

Notes:

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (page 485) and index.

ISBN:

9780061988363

0061988367

OCLC:

441194652