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Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 15 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies, an amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. [1]
The music he composed for Black Magic commercials, in 1971 and used for a further 15 years, became equally famous. [6] Also (indicating Gunning's sense of humour and self-deprecation), his music for a Winalot Prime dog food commercial in 1988 was later expanded into The Long March and recorded and released as a charity record by the Barking ...
A. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly; The Adventure of the Cheap Flat; The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (short story) The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
Andrew Wilson has written four novels featuring Agatha Christie as a detective: A Talent For Murder (2017), A Different Kind of Evil (2018), Death In A Desert Land (2019) and I Saw Him Die (2020). [216] Christie was portrayed by Shirley Henderson in the 2022 comedy/mystery film See How They Run. [217] [218]
Something's Afoot is a musical that spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie, and especially her 1939 detective novel And Then There Were None.The book, music, and lyrics were written by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach, with additional music by Ed Linderman.
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head [1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [1] and the US ...
A number of works were published under the club's sponsorship; most of these were written by multiple members of the club, each contributing one or more chapters in turn. In the case of The Floating Admiral, each author also provided a sealed "solution" to the mystery as he or she had written it, including the previous chapters. This was done ...
By the Pricking of My Thumbs is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1968 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at twenty-one shillings (21/-) [1] and the US edition at $4.95. [3]