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Hallowe'en Party is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November 1969 [1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2] [3] This book was dedicated to writer P. G. Wodehouse.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Snap-dragon is mentioned in T. H. White's The Sword in the Stone (1938); although ostensibly set in the Middle Ages, the novel is full of such anachronisms. [19] [20] Agatha Christie's book Hallowe'en Party describes a children's party (in which a child's murder causes Poirot to be brought in) where snap-dragon is played at the end of the evening.
The new Kenneth Branagh Hercule Poirot movie 'A Haunting in Venice' is inspired by Agatha Christie's 'Hallow'een Party.' Here are book vs. movie differences.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a detective novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The novel was published in the UK in June 1926 by William Collins, Sons, [2] having previously been serialised as Who Killed Ackroyd? between July and September 1925 in the London Evening News.
Alibi is a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a 1926 novel by British crime writer Agatha Christie. It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End on 15 May 1928, starring Charles Laughton as Hercule Poirot. It was deemed a success and ran for 250 performances [1] closing on 7 December 1928.
They Came to Baghdad is an adventure novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 5 March 1951 [1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6) [4] and the US edition at $2.50. [3]