Cases from London
London Crimes: Tales from the Dark Side of the City
More than one crime has taken place in the nooks and crannies of London – and this dozen tales from the queen of classic crime fiction are the perfect proof. From shabby alleys to majestic residences, hotels, train stations, the famous Underground, and last but not least, courtrooms, all bear witness to dramas where property, state secrets, and sometimes even lives are at stake.
Meet your favourite characters again as they help fight evil, mend human hearts, or simply let justice take its course, whether it's Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Parker Pyne, or the mysterious Mr Quin.
Agatha Christie
British writer Agatha Christie is – and undoubtedly rightly so – one of the legends of detective fiction. Many books (as well as her own 1977 autobiography) describe and capture her life, and fateful moments from it have even been made into a film. The author's extensive bibliography – which includes almost 300 works, including stage and radio plays, romantic prose, a collection of poetry, and a set of poems and short stories for children – has been mapped in several encyclopaedias (including lists and character profiles, as well as film, television, and stage adaptations). The secrets of her creative process have most recently been revealed in detail in Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, published in 2009, and Agatha Christie's Murder in the Making (2012), two books by John Curran, who studied 73 volumes of the author's handwritten notes in detail. All of Agatha Christie's detective novels are republished time and again all over the world, and their intelligent, meticulously crafted, and, above all, thrilling stories continue to captivate millions of readers to this day.
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