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Nemesis / Parker Pyne Investigates / Poirot Investigates

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511 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1972

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Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

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114 reviews
February 14, 2023
Nemesis only, but I couldn’t find it solo. Enjoyed as much as any book in the Marple series (read: less than my beloved Hercule Poirot)
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February 27, 2022
După-amiaza, Miss Jane Marple avea obiceiul să-şi despăturească cel de-al doilea ziar. În fiecare dimineaţă, i se livrau acasă două ziare. Pe primul, Miss Marple îl citea în timp ce-şi sorbea ceaiul de dimineaţă - asta, bineînţeles, dacă jurnalul sosea la timp. Băiatul care aducea ziarele avea un mod deosebit de ciudat de a-şi organiza timpul. Nu de puţine ori cotidienele erau livrate de un băiat nou sau de vreunul care îi ţinea temporar locul celui dintâi, şi fiecare avea propriile idei privind ruta pe care trebuia s-o ia când îşi îndeplinea slujba. Poate pentru ei acest fapt reprezenta o rupere a monotoniei. Dar clienţii obişnuiţi să-şi citească ziarul devreme, ca să se pună la curent cu diverse bârfe savuroase înainte de a pleca spre autobuz, tren sau alt mijloc de deplasare la locul de muncă, erau enervaţi dacă ziarele soseau cu întârziere, deşi doamnele de vârstă mijlocie sau cele în vârstă, care locuiau paşnic în St. Mary Mead, preferau deseori să-şi citească ziarul la micul dejun.
Astăzi, Miss Marple citise cu nesaţ prima pagină şi câteva articole din cotidianul pe care îl poreclise „Coti­dianul Cu-de-toate”, aceasta fiind o aluzie uşor satirică la faptul că ziarul ei preferat, Daily Newsgiver, după ce îşi schimbase proprietarul, oferea acum - spre iritarea ei şi a altor prieteni de-ai ei - articole despre moda bărbătească, cea pentru dame, probleme de suflet de-ale femeilor, concursuri pentru copii şi scrisori cu diverse plângeri din partea unor femei, reuşind cu destul succes să scoată orice ştire cu adevărat interesantă din cuprinsul lui, cu excepţia primei pagini sau a vreunui colţ obscur, unde era practic imposibil să o vezi. Fiind de modă veche, Miss Marple prefera ca ziarele pe care le citea să fie într-adevăr ziare care să ofere ştiri.
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February 6, 2021
Collection of short stories..these are interesting little mysteries but not my favorite Agatha Christie. Following along with a book club to read an AG every month. So many I’ve never read, so a good challenge this year.
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