Now Published – Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections
Why do Agatha Christie’s novels continue to inspire each generation? The answer is the quality and range of her puzzles: her rich and varied structures of deception. In this new book we analyse Agatha Christie’s puzzle-setting skills. We reflect on her inspiring creativity over five decades.
We make use of our medical training to examine the structures beneath the surface.
Christie broke the mould of detective fiction and rewrote the implicit rules of the whodunnit. Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections 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.
This unique analysis explores the greatest of Christie’s deceptions – the impression that her writing is simple.
Paperback £9.99, ISBN: 9781915853189 Also available as an ebook
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