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Mystery: November 03, 2021 Issue [#11056]




 This week: Mystery Story Writer: Agatha Christie
  Edited by: Gratitude Adore ♥ Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

This newsletter was basically to spotlight one of the greatest mystery authors of all time, Dame Agatha Christie, whose body of work includes 66 other detective novels and 14 short story collections that are gripping, spellbinding and are difficult to put down.

When you want to read a story which will capture your imagination and cause you to think of intricate things, just choose an Agatha Christie novel to read.


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Letter from the editor

Dame Agatha Christie, was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. She was born on September 15, 1890 in Devon, England. She married in 1914, and published her first novel, "The Mystery Affair at Styles", and in this book, she introduced the world to the Belgian we all came to love, Hercule Poirot. He was a master at solving the mystery and she always seemed to place her characters in fantastic places for crime and murder.

I remember reading my first Agatha Christie story as a young child, my eyes were so wide as I was pulled into this world of intrigue, cross country train travel and death from a murderer who I was blind to discover till the bitter end. My first foray was her novel, "Murder on the Orient Express", and I could not put this book down. This story did not come from her writing chest until 1934, as she had written another fan favorite, "The Death of Roger Ackroyd" and then she lost her mother to an illness. Finally, another favorite of mine, "And Then There Were None", is a masterful stroke of mystery genius writing that will be hard to put down is another one I will recommend you check out, if you haven't already.

Agatha Christie continued to write even though she suffered through an affair that led to her divorce and many more stories of deceit, loss and the lies that people love to weave in everyday life. This is what made, and makes her stories so engaging is that they involve regular people that do horrendous things but she was always able to see through to solve the crime, whichever one produced itself.

Dame Agatha Christie lived a long full life and died at the ripe age of 85, of natural and not unnatural causes as she loved to write about in her books. She had a tremendous sense of the world around her and a keen awareness of human nature that she shared with all of us through her writing. Hopefully, you will seek out one of her books and experience brilliant mystery writing at its best!







Editor's Picks

Here are some of more interesting mystery stories for your reading pleasure:

 
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Hugh Dunnit Open in new Window. [13+]
A Hugh Dunnit Mystery on another planet
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 Chapter 1 A Dangerous Discovery Open in new Window. [13+]
A search for a cabin hidden in the forest turns dangerous.
by Bikerider Author Icon


The Homecoming, Ch.1 Open in new Window. [13+]
An unwanted, unexpected visitor shows up to help - Chapter 1 contest entry
by DoubleCat Author Icon


 
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A little mystery
by QueenNormaJean maybesnow?! Author Icon


Terrifying night in Manchac Swamp Open in new Window. [13+]
Four people decided to go to Manchac Swamp on Halloween night. How many came out alive?
by Jeannie Author Icon

 
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