But her fame as an author far surpassed his fame in archaeology. During their marriage, she published six novels, a collection of short stories, and a number of short stories in magazines. Some early works saw publication, but she decided against focusing on either of these as future professions. Christie often stayed at Abney Hall, Cheshire, owned by her brother-in-law, James Watts, basing at least two stories there: a short story "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", in the story collection of the same name, and the novel After the Funeral. Christie's first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in 1920 and introduced the detective Hercule Poirot, who became a long-running character in many of Christie's works, appearing in 33 novels and 54 short stories. This launched her literary career. She also helped put on a play called The Blue Beard of Unhappiness with female friends. Obscure works by Chandler, Christie published this week Two of crime fiction’s most famous storytellers, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, also knew how to get a laugh Cat Among the Pigeons The death of a prince fleeing Ramat causes dangerous ripples at an exclusive girls’ school, where pupils and staff are terrorised by a prowling killer known as The Cat. This novel includes one of my favourite minor Christie characters – mystery writer and friend to Poirot, Ariadne Oliver, a character who, Christie claimed, was created with “a strong dash” of herself added to the mix. Many of the settings for Christie's books were directly inspired by the many archaeological field seasons spent in the Middle East on the sites managed by her husband Max. The brilliant podcast All About Agatha gave this novel a very low rating, and I don’t quite understand why. [10]:45–46, Christie wrote her first short story, The House of Beauty (an early version of her later-published story [10]:48–49, Other shorts followed, most of them illustrating her interest in spiritualism and the paranormal. In some stories, the question remains unresolved of whether formal justice will ever be delivered, such as Five Little Pigs, Endless Night, and Ordeal by Innocence. Christie is not unique among crime fiction writers in using poisons in her plots, but what marks her out from the rest is how often and accurately she used them, as well as the extraordinary range of compounds her villains employed. With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Archie was sent to France to fight the German forces. 9. Her travels with Mallowan contributed background to several of her novels set in the Middle East. However, stage, film, and television productions of some of these mysteries were traditionally sanitized with the culprits not evading some form of justice, for a variety of reasons – e.g., censors, plot clarity, and Christie's own changing tastes.
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