The body of a strangled young girl is found in the library of a retired general, a person close to Miss Marple. Step by step she discovers who she is (she is not who she is supposed to be), who is the real killer (dismissing the accusations against the obvious murderer), the motive of the murders (as TWO girls are killed in the end) and HOW the murders were perpetrated (in a most clever way!).
Agatha Christie
No, the killer in "At Bertram's Hotel" by Agatha Christie did not use a knife. The murder in the story was committed using poison.
Orient Express is the train that completes the title.
The Sherlock Holmes stories are pretty short, as are Agatha Christie's short story collections.
The last novel which Agatha Christie wrote was Postern of Fate, a Tommy and Tuppence story, published in 1973.She had written the last Poirot story, Curtain, and the last Miss Marple story, Sleeping Murder during World War 2, with the intention of being published after the author's death.Curtain was published in 1975, and Sleeping Murder in 1976.Agatha Christie died on 12th January 1976.Read more: What_was_Agatha_Christie's_last_novel
The Tuesday Night Club (1927), a short story, was Christie's first Miss Marple book.
Only the beginning of Agatha Christie's book takes place in Istanbul. The majority of it takes place on a train somewhere in Yugoslavia.
"Marsdon Manor" is a fictional location created by Agatha Christie for her detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot, but it is not based on a real place. The setting for the story can be seen as representative of the English countryside in Christie's works.
"The Case of the Missing Will" by Agatha Christie is a short story featuring her famous detective Hercule Poirot solving a mystery involving a missing will. The story revolves around intricate plotting and unexpected twists, typical of Christie's signature style of detective fiction. It was first published in 1937 and showcases Christie's talent for creating captivating and puzzling mysteries.
Agatha Christie wrote over 80 books in her lifetime. She also wrote 19 plays and had 40 of her books or short stories televised. One of her most famous works was "Murder on the Orient Express".
In Agatha Christie's "Crooked House," the character of Sophia Leonides is portrayed as the most doting towards her grandfather, Aristide Leonides. Sophia is shown to have a deep affection and caring attitude towards him throughout the story.
Miss Marple was a character, not a book. She first appeared in a story called "The Tuesday Night Club", published in a magazine in 1926. The first Miss Marple novel was Murder at the Vicarage, published first in 1930.