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HARPERCOLLINS WELCOMES AGATHA CHRISTIE!!! **Completely repackaged and available starting in Winter 2011!!** For the first time in history, the entire Agatha Christie collection will be published by a single publisher worldwide. Completely repackaged with brand new covers, all titles will be available in trade paperback with Christie’s signature font on the front cover. Each of her beloved series (Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy & Tuppence) will be noted with a logo for each on the top- left front, spine, and back of the book. Title listings on the backs of the books, as well as comprehensive ad cards and back-ads, will help AVAILABLE NOW: readers know where to start And Then There Were None with Christie—and what to ISBN: 9780062073471 read next. Murder on the Orient Express Now is the perfect time to ISBN: 9780062073495 stock up on the world’s bestselling mystery writer. Release: 12/28/2010 Don’t miss a single title by On Sale: 1/18/2011 Agatha Christie—the Queen Price: $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) of Mystery! Trade PB / 5 5/16 x 8” Also available as e-books Explore more at www.AgathaChristie.com. Available February 2011: The A.B.C. Murders: 9780062073587 Death on the Nile: 9780062073556 Five Little Pigs: 9780062073570 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: 9780062073563 Crooked House: 9780062073532 Endless Night: 9780062073518 Ordeal by Innocence: 9780062073525 Towards Zero: 9780062073549 Release: 1/12/2011 On Sale: 2/1/2011 Price: $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) Trade PB / 5 5/16 x 8” Also available as e-books Available April 2011: And Then There Were None (mass market edition): 9780062073488 Murder on the Orient Express (mass market edition): 9780062073501 Release: 3/9/2011 On Sale: 3/29/2011 $6.99 ($9.50 CAN) / Mass Market PB / 4 3/16 x 6 3/4” Also available as e-books The Miss Marple Mysteries The Murder at the Vicarage: 9780062073600 4:50 From Paddington: 9780062073662 The Body in the Library: 9780062073617 The Mirror Crack’d: 9780062073679 The Moving Finger: 9780062073624 A Caribbean Mystery: 9780062073686 A Murder is Announced: 9780062073631 At Bertram’s Hotel: 9780062073693 They Do It with Mirrors: 9780062073648 Nemesis: 9780062073709 A Pocket Full of Rye: 9780062073655 Sleeping Murder: 9780062073723 Miss Marple: The Complete Short Story Collection: 9780062073716 Release: 3/23/2011 On Sale: 4/12/2011 $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) / Trade PB / 5 5/16 x 8” Also available as e-books Available July 2011: The Murder on the Links: 9780062073860 Cat Among the Pigeons: 9780062073792 Three Act Tragedy: 9780062073839 The Clocks: 9780062073815 Death in the Clouds: 9780062073747 Third Girl: 9780062073761 Cards on the Table: 9780062073730 Hallowe’en Party: 9780062073952 Dumb Witness: 9780062073754 They Came to Baghdad: 9780062073785 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: 9780062073778 Murder is Easy: 9780062073808 After the Funeral: 9780062073822 Release: 6/8/2011 On Sale: 6/28/2011 $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) / Trade PB / 5 5/16 x 8” Also available as e-books Explore more at www.AgathaChristie.com. .

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Miss Marple: a Pocket Full of Rye Free
FREE MISS MARPLE: A POCKET FULL OF RYE PDF Agatha Christie | 224 pages | 01 Nov 2002 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007120970 | English | London, United Kingdom Pocket Full of Rye Sandwiches: Miss Marple's Tea Sandwiches - Alison's Wonderland Recipes Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye fact poisoned. He was married to a much younger wife, who now stands to inherit. His son Percival, a partner in the family firm, was a disappointment to him and a daughter, Elaine, hasn't amounted to much. Another son, Lance, had a falling out with his father many years before and relocated to East Africa. He suddenly appears soon after his father's death claiming that they had reconciled and been invited by him to return to England with an offer to rejoin the firm. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered. She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a long ago business deal that made his initial fortune. Written by garykmcd. When successful businessman Rex Fortescue is poisoned at his desk it appears to Inspector Neele that he has plenty of suspects to work with. Rex's much younger wife is in line to inherit his fortune.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY PRIMARY SOURCES BY AGATHA CHRISTIE Christie, Agatha. An Autobiography [1977] (London: Harper, 2011). ———. The Big Four (London: Collins, 1927). ———. The Body in the Library [1942] (New York, London, Toronto: Harper, 2011). ———. “The Capture of Cerberus” [1941], in Agatha Christie ’ s Secret Notebooks : Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making , ed. by John Curran (London: HarperCollins, 2009), 425-52. ———. “The Capture of Cerberus” [1947], in Herucle Poirot : The Complete Short Stories (London: HarperCollins, 1999), 831-51. ———. Cards on the Table [1936] (Glasgow: Fontana, 1969). ———. Cards on the Table : Marple Tie-In (London: HarperCollins, 2005). ———. A Caribbean Mystery (London: Book Club, 1964). ———. “The Case of the Discontented Soldier” [1934], in Parker Pyne Investigates (New York: William Morrow, 2012), 17-38. ———. “The Case of the Rich Woman” [1934], in Parker Pyne Investigates (New York: William Morrow, 2012), 87-104. ———. “The Cornish Mystery” [1923], in Poirot ’ s Early Cases (London: Harper, 2002), 57-80. ———. Crooked House [1949] (Glasgow: Fontana, 1990). ———. Curtain : Poirot ’ s Last Case [1975] (London: Harper, 2002). ———. Dead Man ’ s Folly [1956] (London: Collins, 1956). ———. Death on the Nile [1937] (New York, London, Toronto: Harper, 2011). © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 271 J.C. Bernthal, Queering Agatha Christie, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33533-9 272 BIBLIOGRAPHY ———. “The Double Clue” [1923], in Hercule Poirot : The Complete Short Stories (London: HarperCollins, 1999), 282-90. ———. Dumb Witness (London: Book Club, 1937). ———. Elephants Can Remember [1972] (London: HarperCollins, 2002). ———. Evil under the Sun [1941] (Glasgow, London: Fontana, 1988). ———. The Grand Tour (London: HarperCollins, 2012). ———. Hallowe ’ en Party [1969] (London: HarperCollins, 1994).
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HARPERCOLLINS WELCOMES AGATHA CHRISTIE!!! **Completely Repackaged and Available Starting in Winter 2011!!**

HARPERCOLLINS WELCOMES AGATHA CHRISTIE!!! Completely Repackaged and Available Starting in Winter 2011!!