P. D. James, Talking About Detective Fiction (2009), p. 98
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Above all she is a literary conjuror who places her pasteboard characters face downwards and shuffles them with practised cunning.
— P. D. James
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About Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author of detective fiction.
About Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author of detective fiction.
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