Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie, the queen of crime novels was born at Torquay, Devonshire. She has composed 78 crime novels, 19 plays and 6 romantic novels under the name of an exceptionally well-known character of Mary Westmacott. Moreover, many of her books have been translated into 103 different foreign languages. She has written many great novels like ‘The murder of Roger Ackroyd’, ‘The mysterious affairs at styles’, ‘Endless night’ and ‘And then there were none’, these novels are regarded as the…

suspense and relation that entices and involves the audience. Readers must feel as if they are part of plot’s upbringing, becoming detectives themselves, and with the challenges that come with it. In the world created by British author, Dame Agatha Christie, introduces the mystery of “The Third-Floor Flat.” This particular work revolves around the murder of a middle-aged woman in an apartment or flat, hence the title of the story. “At any rate, if there’s anyone else in the…

Agatha Christie has created suspense with the use of foreshadowing in the characters dialogue. Mr. Blore was traveling on a train from Plymouth when he remembered Indian Island from when he was a boy, “Funny idea to go and build a house on it! Awful in bad weather!” (15). Agatha Christie uses this quote to foreshadow a storm, but the readers don't know when it will take place. All the readers can infer is that this storm will trap the guests on the island. In addition, General Macarthur was…

essay “Enduring The Appeal of Agatha Christie,” begins with a strong introductory statement as it is a rhetorical question. It allows the reader to begin thinking about the topic and allows them to think about their previous experiences reading mystery novels. Following the rhetorical question, the sentence about the controversy of certain seems unnecessary as it is unrelated Agatha Christie and her writing. On the contrary, it is appropriate to state that Agatha Christie was one of the best…

Throughout the years, the mystery genre has become increasingly popular. Many well-known detectives found in books have made it to the big screen. The popularity of the mystery genre has also brought the British Mystery Format to the big screen. The British Mystery Format, greatly influenced by Poe, Van Dine, and Knox, informs readers about the characteristics of a mystery before they even read it. Although, the rules are often times not followed when mysteries are written or recreated into…

Hello Martin I really like how you organize your paper. You are absolutely right where you mention that everyone gave their own account of the murder for their own benefits. The kept lying to the police all long to protect their reputations. One of the things that were consistent in all of the stories is that the husband dies somehow in all of them even though, some accounts shows that the wife killed him or the bandit killed him. With that being said, it would be hard for the police to figure…

In the book true confessions of Charlotte Doyle, the main character is on a trip to Rhode Island to meet up with her family. She is on an eerie ship called the Seahawk with captain jaggery and his crew. A life was taken during a hurricane on the Seahawk. And Charlotte was accused of murder and if she is found guilty she will be hung. And I’m here to convince you that the captain Jaggery did kill first mate holly brass. My first reason opportunity, and my second reason was strength. And third…

Agatha Christie's masterpiece And Then There were None, previously called Ten Little Indians sold over one hundred million copies worldwide. It was published in 1939 and since the fans have turned it into many movies and video-games as well as parodies. The book is a murder mystery about ten people who were accused of crime(s) and tricked into coming to an Island; on that island they are killed off one by one. In 1945, the book was made into a movie also called And Then There Were None by…

The Da Vinci Code is a murder-mystery story set in Paris, France and is about the mysterious murder of a museum curator and member of a secret society. The main characters are Robert Langdon, an american professor and Sophie Neveu, a french cryptologist and the granddaughter of the curator. While investigating the murder they get pulled into the word of secrets, lies, and power. Leading to a revelation about Jesus and the Holy Grail. The book deals with a lot of hidden messages in world-famous…

This second section is presented as the alternative story to the incorrectly presented information from Hart’s book, and this section presents the labyrinth like book that justifies the errors in the first section. Through this document that makes up the second half of the story, readers are led through a fragment of Yu Tsun’s life as a spy up to when he has been ordered to the gallows. Acting as a spy for the German’s Yu Tsun has come across the location of one of the enemy’s bases, but one of…