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Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries rewritten by sensitivity readers

Posted: March 26, 2023 at 10:23 am   /   Books

Agatha Christie’s classic Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have had passages reworked or cut entirely in new editions. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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BBC turning Agatha Christie classic into two-part TV thriller

Posted: February 22, 2023 at 9:23 am   /   Books

Filming of the new series will take place later this year and casting will be announced in due course. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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The greatest mystery of all: Who was the real Agatha Christie, according to her biographer

Posted: September 10, 2022 at 10:23 am   /   Books

The Miss Marple creator had a reputation for being as tricky as she was successful but, as her biographer Lucy Worsley came to discover, depression, betrayal and crippling nightmares dogged her life and helped inspire some of her stories. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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The crime that fascinated Agatha Christie – How Buck Ruxton committed a double murder

Posted: June 24, 2021 at 10:23 am   /   Books

It was dubbed the Jigsaw Murders, the gruesome discovery of two dismembered bodies. The ensuing police investigation not only snared their brutal killer, it pioneered today’s modern forensic science. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Revealed! The secrets of the success of Agatha Christie – our greatest crime writer

Posted: September 21, 2020 at 10:25 am   /   Books

Our love of whodunits remains undiminished – but Agatha Christie is still the greatest crime writer of them all. So, what are the secrets of her enduring success? Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Pale Horse book ending explained: What happens at the end of Pale Horse in Agatha Christie

Posted: February 9, 2020 at 9:23 pm   /   Books

THE PALE HORSE is one of Agatha Christie’s best loved detective fictions – but how does the book end compare to the new BBC One TV series? Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Simon Kernick: My six best books – Agatha Christie inspired me from an early age

Posted: December 3, 2017 at 9:23 pm   /   Books

Simon Kernick, 51, is the bestselling writer whose books include Relentless, the biggest selling UK crime novel in 2007, The Final Minute and The Bone Field. His maverick detective Tina Boyd returns in his latest, The Hanged Man , which is out now. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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BBC Radio 2 host Jeremy Vine: My six best books – Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie and more

Posted: September 8, 2017 at 10:23 pm   /   Books

JEREMY VINE, 52, is the broadcaster who has had his own weekday BBC Radio 2 show since 2003 and has presented television programmes such as Panorama, Crimewatch and Eggheads. His memoir about his listeners’ views What I Learnt is out now. Daily Express :: Books Feed

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Agatha Christie still lives in movies and TV forty years after her death

Posted: October 9, 2016 at 5:19 pm   /   Movies

KENNETH Branagh is starring in and directing a remake – with Johnny Depp and Judi Dench – of Murder On The Orient Express. Witness for the Prosecution – remember Charles Laughton with his glinting monocle in the Fifties version? – is to be directed by Ben Affleck. Daily Express :: Films Feed

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