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Appointment with Death. Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [4] and the US edition at $2.00. [3]
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in English literature. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on ...
In Cold Blood is a non-fiction novel [1] by the American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas . Capote learned of the quadruple murder before the killers were captured, and he traveled to Kansas to write about the crime.
Three Act Tragedy. Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, [1] [2] under the title of Murder ...
The book includes maps of the house, the murder scene, and a drawing of a fragment of a will. The true first publication of the novel was as a weekly serial in The Times, including the maps of the house and other illustrations included in the book. This novel was one of the first ten books published by Penguin Books when it began in 1935.
A release event is scheduled to be held at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga. on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Subtitled "Death, Love and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom," Poston's book is set in his ...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue. " The Murders in the Rue Morgue " is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; [1] [2] Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination ". [1]
JonBenét Ramsey photographed by Randy Simons on June 18, 1996. / 33.95501; -84.55637. JonBenét Patricia Ramsey (August 6, 1990 – December 25, 1996) [1] was an American child beauty queen who was killed at the age of six in her family's home at 755 15th Street [2] [a] in Boulder, Colorado. A long handwritten ransom note was found in the home.