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Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections: Thirty-three ways the Queen of Crime deceives us

Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections: Thirty-three ways the Queen of Crime deceives us

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Agatha Christie's novels continue to inspire each generation due to her quality and range of puzzles, which include diverse plots, cunning clues, and subtle misdirections. This analysis by two medical professionals and Christie fans explores the greatest of Christies deceptions, the impression that her writing is simple.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd


Why do Agatha Christies novels continue to inspire each generation? The answer is the quality and range of her puzzles: her rich and varied structures of deception. Christie broke the mould of detective fiction and rewrote the implicit rules of the whodunnit. Agatha Christie: Plots,Clues and Misdirections examines Christies skills as a whodunnit writer. It analyses her methods in setting her puzzles. It shows how she uses a combination of diverse plots ,cunning clues and subtle misdirections . In the sheer variety and profusion of each of these elements Christie is without peer,and her combining genuine puzzles with entertaining narratives has never been surpassed. In this unique analysis of how Christie sets her puzzles,two medical professionals and enthusiastic Christie fans explore the greatest of Christies deceptions – the impression that her writing is simple.

Why do Agatha Christies novels continue to inspire each generation? The answer is the quality and range of her puzzles: her rich and varied structures of deception. Christie broke the mould of detective fiction and rewrote the implicit rules of the whodunnit. Agatha Christie: Plots,Clues and Misdirections examines Christies skills as a whodunnit writer. It analyses her methods in setting her puzzles. It shows how she uses a combination of diverse plots ,cunning clues and subtle misdirections. In the sheer variety and profusion of each of these elements Christie is without peer,and her combining genuine puzzles with entertaining narratives has never been surpassed. In this unique analysis of how Christie sets her puzzles,two medical professionals and enthusiastic Christie fans explore the greatest of Christies deceptions – the impression that her writing is simple.

Weight: 240g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915853189

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