This book gave interesting background on how Christie created ideas for her books and stories!What surprised me was that I'd never noticed the similarities between the different books. John Curran points out these and then it is quite obvious, but I've not seen this before.It was also sad what wa...
The appearance of the ‘latest Agatha Christie’ in a newspaper or magazine was mutually advantageous. Both author and periodical enjoyed a boost in sales and publicity. Although not every novel had a pre-publication appearance, as early in her career as The Mysterious Affair at Styles and as late ...