The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie

47 Taken at the Flood

48 Crooked House

49 A Murder is Announced

50 They Came to Baghdad

51 Mrs McGinty’s Dead

52 They Do It With Mirrors

53 After the Funeral

54 A Pocket Full of Rye

55 Destination Unknown

(#ulink_fdae747a-9be6-5eb3-83c9-042f26d903c2)Spider’s Web

56 Hickory Dickory Dock

57 Dead Man’s Folly

58 4.50 From Paddington

(#ulink_fdae747a-9be6-5eb3-83c9-042f26d903c2)The Unexpected Guest

59 Ordeal By Innocence

60 Cat Among the Pigeons

61 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

62 The Pale Horse

63 The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side

64 The Clocks

65 A Caribbean Mystery

66 At Bertram’s Hotel

67 Third Girl

68 Endless Night

69 By the Pricking of My Thumbs

70 Hallowe’en Party

71 Passenger to Frankfurt

72 Nemesis

73 Elephants Can Remember

74 Postern of Fate

75 Poirot’s Early Cases

76 Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

77 Sleeping Murder

78 Miss Marple’s Final Cases

79 Problem at Pollensa Bay

80 While the Light Lasts

* ADAPTED BY CHARLES OSBORNE

THE LIFE AND CRIMES

OF

AGATHA CHRISTIE

CHARLES OSBORNE

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