A graphic novel adaptation was published in July 2010. In 2005 David Suchet starred in the story for the series Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and Zoë Wanamaker was Ariadne Oliver, a role which would become associated with the actress. It was adapted for stage in 1981, omitting the character of Poirot as Agatha Christie had done in many of her own adaptations, and opened at the Vaudeville Theatre. One of the characters of the story even recognises Mrs Oliver as writing the novel The Body in the Library, a title Christie then adopted for her own Marple novel in 1942. This book was the debut of Agatha Christie’s literary alter ego and parody of herself, Ariadne Oliver, a popular detective writer through whom Christie often voiced her opinions of the industry. the host is found dead at a card game, four investigators - including Poirot himself - look for clues as. The foreword even mentions that this was one of Poirot’s favourite cases, while Hastings found it rather dull. Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 Cards on the table. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. Four murders, four detectives, Agatha Christie present a clever puzzle at a bridge game in which any player could have murdered their loathsome host. Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
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