In the novel Five Little Pigs, private investigator Hercule Poirot uncovers the real killer in a fifteen-year-old murder case. Poirot was contacted by the daughter of Caroline Crale to re-investigate a murder for which Carolin was convicted. Caroline's daughter, Carla Lemarchant, had a letter from her mother claiming her innocence. Carla also wanted proof so that she could marry without fear that she might harm her own husband-to-be. The novel deals with themes of psychology, emotionality, rationality, guilt, and lifestyle.
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was the best selling mystery author of all time and the only writer to have created two major detectives, Poirot and Marple. She also wrote the longest-running play in the ...
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"Oh, I'm an incredible sausage machine," the late mystery writer Agatha Christie once jokingly claimed, speaking of her prolific output of novels, stories, and plays. Christie's many works sold well o...
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Biography EssayAgatha Christie is a towering figure in the history of crime literature for two reasons. First, she consolidated the form of the pure mystery novel, achieving in five or six of her book...
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Internationally acclaimed as one of the foremost mystery writers of our time, Agatha Christie was also a popular playwright of distinction and the author of such theatrical successes as Ten Little Ind...
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Agatha Christie is a towering figure in the history of crime literature for two reasons. First, she consolidated the form of the pure mystery novel, achieving in five or six of her books puzzle storie...
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Agatha Christie, crime novelist, playwright, poet, travel and short-story writer, has sold more than one billion copies of her books since 1920 and been translated into more languages than William Sha...
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Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Agatha (Mary Clarissa) Christie