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Books
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A Murder is Announced: Paperbacks
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity. An advertisement in the local gazette reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? ...
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Death on the Nile: Paperbacks
A dream honeymoon cruise for Simon and Linnet Doyle turns into a nightmare when Linnet is found shot dead. One of the passengers is Jacqueline de Bellefort, Simon’s jealous ex-fiance, who has already confessed to Hercule Poirot that she wants revenge. However, when two more murders are committed Poirot begins ...
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Five Little Pigs: Paperbacks
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and ...
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Lord Edgware Dies: Paperbacks
Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to ‘get rid of’ her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn’t help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to ...
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N or M?: Paperbacks
‘As ingenious as ever.’ Guardian World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from ‘the enemy within’ – Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. ...
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Games
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Dead Man's Folly: Seek and Find PC Games
BONUS: Get the e-book of Dead Man’s Folly FREE with purchase! You’re invited to a Murder Hunt! Join famed detective Hercule Poirot and guests as you discover that this charade could be the perfect disguise for a devious scheme. Find hidden clues, decode messages and solve puzzles to unravel a ...
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Films
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Agatha Christie: Mystery Lover's Collection: DVDs
Five classics from the Queen of Crime The Secret Adversary - United by their love of adventure - not to mention their romantic attraction - Tommy Beresford (James Warwick, Lillie) and Tuppence Cowley (Francesca Annis, Madame Bovary) search for a top-secret document lifted from the Lusitania. The Affair of the ...
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Agatha Christie - Classic Mystery Collection: DVDs
Who slipped poison into the cocktail of kindly old Rev. Babbington?... Why is a mysterious brown-suited stranger trailing a young woman through exotic lands?...What is the secret behind the malevolent deeds at palatial Stonygates? Discover the answers and much more in this star-packed collection of murder most foul, mystery most ...
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Agatha Christie Collection: DVDs
You're in good company with Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), Agatha Christie's impeccable Belgian sleuth who's always at his best at chic soirees where the hospitality is warm...and the corpses are cold. Match wits with the master in this full-course banquet of mystery involving a country-house game of murder turned real ...
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The Agatha Christie Mega Set: DVDs
Two of Agatha Christie's most popular characters, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, are brought to life in these classic BBC and A&E Home Video mysteries. The delightful Joan Hickson is always entertaining as the prim and proper Miss Marple, complete with her elderly woman charm and perpetually clicking knitting needles. ...
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The Agatha Christie Miss Marple Collection: DVDs
Never mind purists who bemoan Margaret Rutherford’s incarnation of Agatha Christie’s celebrated spinster sleuth. These four British films, produced between 1961 and 64, are jolly good, regardless of their tenuous connection with Miss Marple as written. Murder Ahoy, is an original screenplay credited as “an interpretation of Miss Marple.” And ...
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From Stories
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N or M?: Novel
This atmospheric story, set during World War Two, finds Tommy and Tuppence doing what they do best – having an adventure. These unlikely Intelligence Service spies decide to help Queen and country by tracking down two ruthless traitors. The only clue to the traitors’ identities is a government agent's dying ...
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Novel
Invalided home from the First World War, Lieutenant Hastings finds himself in a convalescent home very much to his disliking. Thankfully his old friend John Cavendish invites him to spend the rest of his sick leave at his family home. The beautiful Styles Court is home to John’s step mother ...
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Giant's Bread: Novel
The story centres on composer Vernon Deyre, erroneously reported as killed in action in World War I. He assumes a new identity and wins acclaim in the music world. A romantic, but not sentimental story about real people, that allows Christie the room to develop her characters freely and in ...
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The Call of Wings: Short Story
One frosty evening millionaire hedonist Silas Hamer is gripped with a sudden fear of his own mortality. He encounters a man who he believes has triggered his spiritual awakening. In this story a phrase from Wagner’s Rienzi exemplifies the mystical, transforming power of music. It is one of the earliest ...
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The Hound of Death: Short Story
A young Englishman visiting Cornwall finds himself delving into the legend of a Belgian nun who is living as a refugee in the village. Possessed of supernatural powers, she is said to have caused her entire convent to explode when it was occupied by invading German soldiers during World War. ...
From the rest of the site
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Kevin Elyot on Christie: Christie on Screen
Over the past 5 years, Kevin Elyot has been asked to adapt 6 Christie novels for television and a new adaptation of And Then There Were None for the stage. On the 13th September 2005, he gave a talk at the British Library about his work, and love of Christie. ... -
Christie in Tokyo: Blog
Classic British crime fiction in general, and Agatha Christie in particular, has long been popular in Japan. It made sense, therefore, when considering possible venues for a major exhibition on the life and work of The Queen of Crime that Tokyo should be considered. And the Japanese have a major ... -
When Agatha Christie 'Ripped from the Headlines': Blog
(WARNING: SPOILERS FOR VARIOUS CHRISTIE NOVELS FOLLOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.) The Law & Order television franchise is famous for "ripping from the headlines," that is to say, taking real-life crimes and other news stories and then fictionalizing them and incorporating them into the plots of episodes. Although ... -
Murder on the Orient Express - cast list: Blog
Murder on the Orient Express has finished shooting and is now in the hands of post production undergoing its final polish. This is the big film we've all been waiting so long for and certainly David Suchet is in no doubt as to the quality of the final product, tempting ... -
Rate Lord Edgware Dies:
Lord Edgware Dies was my first Christie and I really love it! My favourite character was Carlotta Adams, she didn ...
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I can't understand it.:
I can't make sense of the forum, I think it is unnecessarily complicated and the warmth has gone.
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Did not like new site:
This site is no longer the Agatha Christie official website, it is merely an online store. The focus is clearly ...