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Agatha Christie (Magill’s Choice: 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Principal Series
Hercule Poirot, 1920-1975; Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, 1922-1973; Superintendent Battle, 1925-1944; Jane Marple, 1930-1976; Ariadne Oliver, 1934-1961.
Principal Series Characters
Hercule Poirot, a private detective, served on the Belgian police force until his retirement in 1904, after which he lives mostly in London. Short, with an egg-shaped head, eyes that turn a deeper shade of green at significant moments, and an elegant military mustache, he wears a striped three-piece suit and patent leather shoes. His foreign accent and uncertain...
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