Agatha Christie's secret notebooks : fifty years of mysteries in the making / John Curran.
"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of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories.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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0061988367
- ISBN: 0061988375
- ISBN: 9780061988363
- ISBN: 9780061988370
- Physical Description: 492 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2009. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 485) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Genre: | Fiction. Notebooks. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | 823 C (Text) | 31554009205997 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
