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Ariadne

Mar 10, 2016Mar 10, 2016Posted in Cinéma, LivresTagged Agatha Christie, aquarelle, Ariadne Oliver, british literature, dessin, drawing, Hallowe'en Party, Hercule Poirot, illustration, illustrazione, victorian age, watercolorLeave a comment

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You like apples, don’t you?” said Joyce. ” I read you did, or perhaps I heard it on the telly.
You’re the one who writes murder stories, aren’t you?”

“Yes”, said Mrs Oliver.

“We ought to hove made you do something connected with murders. Have a murder at the party tonight and make people solve it.”

Hallowe’en Party, Agatha Christie

Cards on the Table

Feb 20, 2016Feb 20, 2016Posted in LivresTagged Agatha Christie, Anne Meredith, aquarelle, Ariadne Oliver, british literature, british mystery, Cards on the Table, dessin, drawing, Hercule Poirot, illustration, illustrazione, Mr Shaitana, Superintendent Battle, watercolor2 Comments

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There they were well down to it, their faces serious, the bids coming quickly.
“One heart.”
“Pass.”
“Three clubs.”
“Three spades.”
“Four diamonds.”
“Double.”
“Four hearts.”

(…)

And the raised voice was his official voice, so different that all the heads at the
bridge table turned to him, and Anne Meredith’s hand remained poised over an
ace of spades in dummy.
“I’m sorry to tell you all,” he said, “that our host, Mr. Shaitana, is dead.”

Agatha Christie