2022-08-18

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Dig into Agatha Christie’s writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work.

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With almost 100 mystery novels, each one a cleverly constructed puzzle box of clues, misdirection, and human drama, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her eccentric detectives, clever clues, and simplified suspects have stumped countless readers over the last century. So, how did she craft these perfect crimes? Jamie Bernthal dissects the writing of Agatha Christie.

Lesson by Jamie Bernthal, directed by Totem Creative.

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