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  • Best Wimsey Book
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    When advertising executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the stairs at Pym's Publicity, Lord Peter Wimsey is asked to investigate. It seems that, before he died, Dean had begun a letter to Mr. Pym suggesting some very unethical dealings at the posh London ad agency. Wimsey goes undercover and discovers that Dean was part of the fast crowd at Pym's, a group taken to partying and doing drugs. Wimsey and his brother-in-law, Chief-Inspector Parker, rush to discover who is running London's cocain...
  • Murder Mystery Type Book
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    And Then There Were None did my book critique on And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie was born on September 5, 1890, in Torquay England. In 1914 she married Colonel Archibald Christie. They had one daughter, whose name was Rosalind, and then they divorced in 1928. She started writing in 1920, and her first book published was The Mysterious Affair at Styles. She wrote And Then There Were None in 1939. Agatha Christie has become one of the most famous writer of mystery nove...
  • Murder Mystery By Agatha Christie
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    In the murder mystery by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express, her style of writing can be described as one of Christie's best works, having an international trend, and being a genius with detective fiction. Murder on the Orient Express was a great book and should be read by all. 'Agatha Christie is the world's best known mystery writer. ' ; (Harper) All of her novels are known around the world as being very excellent. No one has read a Christie murder mystery they have not liked. Murde...
  • School Of Detective Writing
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    History of the Detective Novel Perhaps the first crime writer was Cicero. He was born Marcus Tullius Cicero in Arpinum, a small town on the outskirts of Rome on January 3,106 BC. As a young man in Rome his skill as an orator had already begun to grow. He began to plead cases in the public forum in his 20's, becoming well known in a very short period of time. By the time he was in his mid-30's he was the most recognised pleader at the Roman bar. A magistrate as well as a public speaker, at 42 he ...
  • Typical Setting Of A Murder Mystery
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    Speckled Band By Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, And Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl, In this essay, I intend to compare and contrast the two short stories The Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, and Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, picking out techniques used which make it exactly, or exactly the opposite of a typical detective story / murder mystery. When many people think of a murder mystery, they think of a dark and stormy night, a large forbidding house, a gunshot heard by everyone yet...
  • Anne Perry And Pauline Parker
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    Martha Hailey Dubose recently wrote in a passage from her Women of Mystery novel on Anne Perry's legacy, including a section on Perry's growing appeal among contemporary murder-mystery fiction readers. Dubose, however, noticeably titled the section on Anne Perry "Past Imperfect" (425). When beginning a research project into Perry, the writer known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk mystery series, it is nearly impossible to ignore the fact that despite Perry's seemingly consistent grasp on all...
  • Novel The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
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    Intrigue about things that are strange and unknown is a common trait within human nature. This vice compels individuals toward the mysteries of life, whether real or imaginary. When these qualities are combined within fiction, pleasure and entertainment is yielded through thrilling and suspenseful writings: "Readers of mysteries look for an absorbing puzzle, a well-paced plot, and a brilliant ending. ' This is one reason why writer Agatha Christie has earned the title "Queen of Crime. ' Millions...
  • Island's Guests
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    And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie And Then There Were None, is an intriguing murder mystery novel that follows the lines of a poem called "Ten Little Indians'. The story is intricately written to keep the reader in absolute suspense from the beginning to end. The novel involves eight people being mysteriously invited to spend a summer holiday on "Indian Island'. Among the eight are a judge (Justice John Wargrave), doctor (Edward James Armstrong), military general (General John Macarthu...

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