Clues to Christie: The Definitive Guide to Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and all of Agatha Christie’s Mysteries

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Clues to Christie: The Definitive Guide to Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and all of Agatha Christie’s Mysteries
Agatha Christie

John Curran

The ultimate introductory guide to Agatha Christie and her detectives, including stories featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy & Tuppence.Ever wondered how Agatha Christie became the world's best-selling storyteller? Never read one even though you know someone who loves her? Too bewildered by the choice of books to know where to start? Then CLUES TO CHRISTIE could be the key that unlocks the door to a world of mystery, thrills and romance that has captivated readers from 9 to 90 for the last 90 years.With more than two billion book sales, Agatha Christie is the world's best-selling novelist, translated into more languages than Shakespeare. And with more than 100 books and plays to her name, and over 150 short stories, it is no surprise that one-third of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie, and millions have seen the films and TV series.This exclusive eBook sampler includes a specially written introduction by the award-winning author and world's foremost expert on Agatha Christie, John Curran. Together with other useful and enlightening material to help readers navigate the world of Agatha Christie, such as reading lists, suggestions on different ways to read the books, a Poison Primer, and an A to Z of characters, CLUES TO CHRISTIE also includes three specimen stories by the Queen of Crime, to introduce her world-famous detectives of Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple and Tommy & Tuppence Beresford, and to help you decide which Agatha Christie books you want to read next.

CLUES TO CHRISTIE

The Definitive Guide to

Miss Marple,

Hercule Poirot,

Tommy & Tuppence

and All of Agatha Christie’s Mysteries

Copyright

CLUES TO CHRISTIE. Copyright © 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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London SE1 9GF

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FIRST EDITION

"Agatha Christie: An Introduction." Copyright © 2011 by John Curran.

"The Affair at the Victory Ball" from The Under Dog and Other Stories . Copyright © 1951 Agatha Christie Ltd.

"Greenshaw’s Folly" from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories. Copyright © 1985 Agatha Christie Ltd.

"A Fairy in the Flat" from Partners in Crime. Copyright © 1929 by Agatha Christie Ltd ("The Queen of Mystery’s Personal Favorites," "Ten Other Ways to Read Agatha Christie," "On Agatha Christie and Poisons," and "The A to Z of Agatha Christie." Copyright © 2011 by Agatha Christie Ltd.

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EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007455959

Version: 2017-04-11

Contents

Cover (#ud759f7cc-ecb5-53b4-b93e-c2740c2e3e8d)

Title Page (#uaa4b137c-80ec-5e23-8dc2-a21f38614ed5)

Copyright (#u163d38db-d453-56a5-9d15-ce4af72f983b)

Agatha Christie: An Introduction (#u8abc5bcf-b02f-58f5-9000-807bc6a6f53e)

The Hercule Poirot Mysteries (#ua5776c85-c422-5503-9b69-44529a3b943e)

“The Affair at the Victory Ball” (#u5ea9fa2e-e889-51b7-b0e1-d90adb919ed2)

The Miss Marple Mysteries (#u1e9f3b8a-6ba0-542d-acc0-e33ca54e2301)

“Greenshaw’s Folly” (#ua9410164-7a72-57cd-97f5-a6511b636ff0)

The Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries (#ub5933c04-3bec-55a7-b17d-9611685ffda7)

“A Fairy in the Flat” (#ube25b213-525e-56b3-8768-cb8c263293ec)

Stand-Alone Mysteries and Short-Story Collections (#u1af4a3ca-2eb9-5ac8-909e-c3bc714e93dc)

The Queen of Mystery’s Personal Favorites (#udec320e2-e292-54e7-9032-a22a17955dc2)

Ten Other Ways to Read Agatha Christie (#u847e9fc8-4eb6-504e-9c3d-ac936e9d5f7e)

On Agatha Christie and Poisons (#u5da4a877-74ea-57a6-975b-bf0dc81dec41)

The A to Z of Agatha Christie (#u5da4a877-74ea-57a6-975b-bf0dc81dec41)

Related Products (#uae100345-4c98-5bd3-a685-95d38265ed62)

About the Publisher (#u7bd66cda-46f7-5f88-90ac-5f3986b83ea3)