Creation

In an interview with British television BBC^[21] in 1955, Agatha Christie said she spent the evening of knitting in the company of friends or family, but at this time in her head she was thinking about work on a new storyline to the point where she sat down to write novel, the plot was prepared from start to finish ^[22]. By her own admission, the idea of a new novel could come anywhere. The ideas were introduced in a special notebook, full of different notes on poisons, newspaper articles about the crimes. The same happened with the characters. One of the characters created by Agatha was actually living prototype - Mayor Ernest Belcher (Engl. Major Ernest Belcher), who at one time was head of the first husband of Agatha Christie, Archibald Christie. It became the prototype of a novel Pedlera 1924 " A man in a brown suit "of Colonel Reiss ^[23].

Agatha Christie was not afraid to touch in his works of social problems. For example, in at least two novels Christie (" Five pigs "and" Test of innocence ") described cases of miscarriages of justice associated with the death penalty. In general, many books Christie describes the various negative aspects of English justice at the time.

The writer has never made ​​a theme of his novels, the crime of a sexual nature. Unlike today's detectives, in her works is almost no scenes of violence, puddles of blood and brutality. "The detective story was about morality. Like everyone else, who wrote and read these books, I was against the perpetrator and for the innocent victim. No one in his head could not come, that the time will come when the detectives will be read because they described scenes of violence, in order to get a sadistic pleasure in cruelty for cruelty... "- so she wrote in her autobiography. In her opinion, such a scene dull sense of compassion and not allow the reader to focus on the main theme of the novel ^[24].

His best work of Agatha Christie felt the novel " Ten Little Indians. " The rocky islet on which the action is novel, copied from nature - it is an island in the South Burg Britain. Readers will also appreciate the book - it has the largest sale in the shops, but to comply with political correctness, it is now sold under the title " And Then There Were None " ^[4].

Heroes

Colonel Reis (Engl. Colonel Race) appears in four novels by Agatha Christie. Colonel - British intelligence agent, he travels the globe in search of international criminals. Reis is a member of spying MI5. This is a tall, well built, tanned man.

He first appears in the novel "A man in a brown suit,"; the spy detective, the events which unfolded in South Africa. He also appeared in two novels about Hercule Poirot " Cards on the Table "and" Death on the Nile ", which helps Poirot in his investigation. The last time he appears in the novel 1944 " Sparkling Cyanide ", which investigates the murder of his old friend. In this novel, Flight have reached an advanced age.

Parker Pyne (Engl. Parker Pyne) - Hero 12 stories included in the collection, "Parker Pyne Investigates"; and partly in the collections of "The Mystery of Race and Other Stories"; and " trouble in Pollença and Other Stories. " A series of Parker Payne is not a detective fiction in the usual sense. The plot usually is not a crime, and customer history Pyne, who for various reasons are dissatisfied with their lives. It is these grievances and bring customers to the agency Pyne. In this series of works first appeared Miss Lemon, which will leave work at the Pine to get the Secretary to Hercule Poirot.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (Engl. Tuppence Beresford and Tommy), the full names of Thomas Beresford and Prudence Cowley - a young married couple of amateur detectives, first appearing in the novel " The Mysterious enemy "in 1922, not yet married. They begin their lives with blackmail (for the sake of money and interest), but soon discover that private investigation brings more money and pleasure. In 1929, Tommy and Tuppence appear in a collection of short stories " Partners in Crime ", in 1941, "N or M?";, in 1968, "Click once with your finger,"; and the last time in the novel " Gate of destiny "in 1973 that was the last novel written by Agatha Christie, although not the latest published. Unlike other detectives Agatha Christie Tommy and Tuppence are aging along with the real world and with each subsequent novel. Thus, the latest novel in which they appear, they are under seventy.

Superintendent Battle (Eng. Superintendent Battle) - fictional detective hero of five novels by Agatha Christie. Battle entrusted to unscrupulous cases involving secret societies and organizations, as well as matters affecting the interests of the state and state secrets. Superintendent - a very successful employee of Scotland Yard, it is a cultural and intellectual cop, rarely showing emotion. Christie says little about it, so the name remains unknown battles. About the Battle family know that his wife's name Mary, and they have five children ^[26].