Agatha
Americannoun
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Did you ever have a dream featuring Agatha Christie or Miss Marple?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Agatha Christie’s crime-fighting amateur sleuth will appear in a new novel for the first time since 1976—with bestselling thriller novelist Lucy Foley taking the reins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence,” on BritBox starting Wednesday, is “based on the stories and characters of Agatha Christie,” which the detectives among you have deduced has something to do with … Agatha Christie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
By the time the England World Cup squad was officially announced on Friday morning there had been more plot twists than an Agatha Christie novel.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In such situations, kindness is all that is truly required, but “A present couldn’t hurt,” as Agatha Swanburne had often advised.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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