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... Again. In Sad Cypress, Mrs. Agatha Christie deserts the fantastic settings which have added piquancy to her later stories, and re turns to a domestic atmosphere and to .Poirot. On the balance, we are the gainers. Mrs. Christie's skill is that of a con jurer ...
... composed songs to celebrate it) was a handicap to their activities as modern musketeers. What can one do but praise Miss Agatha Christie The Thirteen Problems are all ingenious and their solutions often surprising. This is a book which is to be altogether ...
... be captious in the least. I enjoyed The Last Spring. ...
... no intro- duction to the sagacious Belgian detective, M. Hercule Poirot, who solved the perplexing problems which Mrs. Agatha Christie set for him in these pages with such brilliant success. He first appeared on the stage in Alibi, and now he comes to ...
... kept guessing to the very end. If you can keep that rule you are more than halfway to success with any detective story. Agatha Christie, the author of this book, is no slouch at the game. She has quite a dozen red her rings in her inkpot and one by one thev ...
... capital adapter, a craftsman to his finger-tips. Who could have made a better play of Alibi, the clever pot-boiler of Agatha Christie, than he? He builds carefully, still clinging a little to Sardou's exposition manner, so that the first act rambles, in ...
... By Graham Greene. Heinemann ys. 6 d.) The Mother. By Pearl S. Buck. Methuen 7s. 6 d.) Murder on the Orient Express. By Agatha Christie. Collins ys. 6 d.) ...
... are plain as when they are coloured and she can build up a set of deceptive appearances as convincingly as does Mrs. Agatha Christie. Dead MAN MURDER.-- Although Papa Pontivy declared himself weary of German spies his admirers need not be anxious lest ...
... Dorothy Macardle. (Peter Duties 8s. (id.) Sunrise to Sunset. By Adrian Bell. (J phn Lane 8s. fill.) Towards Zero. By Agatha Christie. Collins ys. 0 d.) ...
... Hercule Poirot, with thv waxed moustaches and eee-like head, full of rich yolky matter And doubly hail to thee, Mrs. Agatha Christie, for recalling Hercule, after some little interval, to our admiring attention in The Mystery of the Blue Train. If we ...
... THIEVES. By George Beardmore. Macdonald 8s. 6d.) Macdonald 8s. 6d.) THE LABOURS OF HERCULES. THE LABOURS OF HERCULES. By Agatha Christie. (Collins Crime Club 8s. 6 d.) (Collins Crime Club 8s. 6 d.) ...
... By Anthony Quayle. Heinemann 8s. 6 d.) Miss Bunting. By Angela Thirkell. Hamish Hamilton 10s.) Sparkling Cyanide. By Agatha Christie. Collins 8s. 6 d.) This decorative portrait of LADY STANLEY OF ALDERLEY _ by Cathleen Mann Lady Queensberry) is on view ...