Agatha Christie's secret notebooks : fifty years of mysteries in the making
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of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories.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. Full description
- 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.