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 in the notebooks -- Cat among the pigeons: the nursery rhyme murders -- Exhibit C: Agatha Christie in the notebooks -- Blind man's bluff: 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 ; [and] The Incident of the Dog's Ball.
Summary:
A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished short stories.--publisher's description.
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