Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 15, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- Explore Christie’s hidden notebooks through new stories, illustrations, and analysis of her craft.
- Genres
- Writers' Lives, Mystery & Crime Crit, Women Authors Criticism
- Published
- HarperCollins, February 15, 2011
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Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks is the fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie’s long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished Hercule Poirot short stories.
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Not only will Christie’s legions of ardent fans find a treasure chest of new material from the author of such classics as And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, and Death on the Nile, but Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks is also a must-read tutorial for writers who want to learn the intricacies of constructing crime novels.
Inside the Notebooks
Explore Christie’s hidden notebooks through new stories, illustrations, and analysis of her craft.
Come here for
- Christie’s notebooks, illustrations, and two unpublished Poirot stories
- A closer look at how crime novels take shape
Expect
- A mix of discovery and close reading
- Insights into constructing crime novels
Where it sits
| Writers' Lives | 79% |
|---|---|
| Mystery & Crime Crit | 63% |
| Women Authors Criticism | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Writers' Lives
- Biography Resources
- Personal Memoirs
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- Feminist Lit Crit
- Mystery & Crime Crit
- Women Authors Criticism
- Murder & Homicide
- Authors
- John Curran
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- February 15, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in History