Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061749273 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 221
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In the Agatha Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer—and it’s up to Hercule Poirot to save her life. On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear pretty Nick Buckley describe her recent “accidental brushes with death.” First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. So when Poirot finds a bullet hole in Nick’s sun hat, he decides that this girl needs his help. Can he find the would-be killer before he hits his target?
Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub ISBN: 9781579127374 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 249
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aMiss Buckley's three near-fatal accidents spur ace detective Hercule Poirot to conduct a search for motives among her friends and neighbors.
Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: ISBN: 9780553350739 Category : Detective and mystery stories Languages : en Pages : 194
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Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot has his more earthbound theories of what's happening.
Author: Didier Quella-Guyot Publisher: ISBN: 9782848103297 Category : Languages : en Pages : 46
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The world's cleverest crime author is brought to book in this new series of graphic adaptations of some of her most famous crimes. Can Hercule Poirot unravel the peril at End House ? Hercule Poirot's holiday on the Cornish coast is rudely interrupted when he runs into a real-life damsel in distress. Young Nick Buckley, owner of the eerie and imposing End House, has already survived three attempts on her life, and even now is being shot at by an unseen gunman. Deciding to protect her, Poirot finds himself trying to solve a murder that hasn't happened yet ! Peril at End House is set in the fictional seaside town of St Loo, which was based on Agatha Christie's childhood home of Torquay in Devon. This new adaptation perfectly captures the menace and excitement of the original story.
Author: James Zemboy Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786451688 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 449
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The most popular mystery writer of all time concocted a rich recipe of intrigue, character, and setting. All of Agatha Christie's 66 detective novels are covered here in great detail. Each chapter begins with general comments on a novel's geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story. A concise plot summary and comprehensive character listing follow, and each novel is discussed within Christie's overall body of work, with an emphasis on the development of themes, narrative technique, and characters over the course of her prolific career. An appendix translates Poirot's French and defines the British idiomatic words and phrases that give Christie's novels so much of their flavor.
Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780008671570 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Agatha Christie's sensational mystery thriller set in her Devonshire homeland. On holiday in Cornwall, Poirot meets a pretty young woman with an unusual name, 'Nick' Buckley. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, the great detective decides the girl needs his protection. He also begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.
Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: Gramedia Pustaka Utama ISBN: 979229399X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : id Pages : 324
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Tiga kecelakaan fatal dalam tiga hari. Tiga kecelakaan yang nyaris merenggut nyawa Nick Buckley, gadis cantik yang tinggal seorang diri di End House. Hercule Poirot yang mengkhawatirkan keselamatannya bertanya-tanya apakah semua itu memang kecelakaan—atau usaha pembunuhan? Ia pun membuka mata dan memasang telinga lebar-lebar. Tapi kecelakaan lain kembali terjadi, dan kali ini korbannya gadis lain.
Author: Carla Valentine Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1728251869 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 353
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Discover the science of forensics through Agatha Christie's novels in the ultimate true crime investigation Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time, and nearly every story she ever wrote involves one—or, more commonly, several—dead bodies. And the cause of death, the motives behind violent crimes, the clues that inevitably are left behind, and the people who put the pieces together to solve the mystery invite the reader to analyze the evidence and race to find the answer before the detective does. Nearly every step of the way, Christie outlines the nuts and bolts of early 20th-century crime detection, relying on physical evidence to tell the real story behind the facades humans erect to escape detection. Christie wouldn't have talked of "forensics" as it is understood today—most of her work predates the modern developments of forensics science—but in each tale she harnesses the power of human observation, ingenuity, and scientific developments of the era. A fascinating, science-based deep dive, The Science of Murder examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, blood spatter analysis, toxicology, and more in Christie's beloved works. What readers are saying: "Highly entertaining with many fascinating snippets of insider information about real life criminal cases. This is a must for Christie fans." "Thoroughly researched and a delight to read!" "A wealth of information and knowledge to help give an insight to the golden age of crime fiction." "Absolutely brilliant book that looks at how Agatha Christie made use of developments in forensic science in her novels and upgraded her understanding over time." "Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors, unparalleled in her clever plots and twisting tales. She was also a forensic expert, weaving into her novels human observation, ingenuity and genuine science of the era. This book illuminates all of Agatha's incredible knowledge, showing how she stayed at the cutting edge of forensic knowledge, as seen through her much loved characters."
Author: Jane Custance Baker Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 135024032X Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 265
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Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the literature demonstrates an admiration and acceptance of the woman's identity, performed during the Great War and continuing throughout the interwar period, as girl pal and female gentleman. In chapters that explore age, character, class, masculinity, performative womanhood and race, Jane Custance Baker exposes how dress was a status marker to both male and female readers, made anxious by social change brought about by war. Dress in detective fiction reveals a set of signs to be read, digested, and possibly employed to model the individual reader's personal dress choices. Fear and Clothing sheds new light on dress of the period, the social and cultural environment as depicted in the popular fiction genre in the early 20th century, and is of interest to researchers and scholars within dress history, literary and historical studies, as well as anyone who enjoys the history of detective fiction.
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