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TessMonaghanhaslearnedthehardwayhowtosurviveonthestreetsofBaltimore—firstasafearlessinvestigativereporterandlatelyasap.i.Butanewcaseisabouttotakeherwayoutofherelement.Whatbeginswithatantalizingshardofanewspaperheadline,“InBigTrouble,”aboveaphotographofanoldboyfriendwillendfarawayinanotherworld,wherepeopledressandtalkdifferently...andrichpeople’sgamescanhavelethalconsequences.Herewherethesunismerciless—andcuriositycankillfasterthanarattler’sbite—Tessisgoingtohavetoconfrontherpastand,hopefully,livetotellaboutit.Fortheanswerssheseeksaboutamanshethoughtsheknewmaybesomehowlinkedtoamurdererwhotwo-stepstoaverydeadlydrummer.
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AgathaChristieAgathaChristieisnearlysynonymouswithupper-classBritishmysteries,forgoodreason.Shesetthestandardforthegenreinover60novelsanddozensofshortstories,alsocreatingtwoclassicdetectives:thefastidiousBelgian,HerculePoirot,andEnglishspinsterJaneMarple.NoonecouldmatchChristie'sknackforweavingcluesintoherstories,thenturningthewholethinginsideout--shockingherreaderseverytime.BiographyAgathaChristieistheworld'sbest-knownmysterywriter.HerbookshavesoldoverabillioncopiesintheEnglishlanguage,andanotherbillionin44foreignlanguages.Sheisthemostwidelypublishedauthorofalltimeinanylanguage,outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeare.Herwritingcareerspannedmorethanhalfacentury,duringwhichshewrote79novelsandashortstorycollection,aswellas14plays,oneofwhich,TheMousetrap,isthelongestrunningplayinhistory.Twoofthecharactersshecreated,thebrilliantBelgiandetectiveHerculePoirotandtheirrepressibleandrelentlessMissMarple,wentontobecomeworldfamousdetectives.Bothhavebeenwidelydramatizedinfeaturefilmsandmade-for-TVmovies.AgathaChristiediedin1976.AuthorbiographycourtesyofRandomHouse,Inc.AlsoKnownAs:MaryWestmacott(usedforherromanticfiction)DateofBirth:九月15,1890PlaceofBirth:Torquay,Devon,EnglandDateofDeath:一月12,1976
