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um set in this period of time that and for some reason it just captured everybody's attention and apparently when she started expanding I think after World War II uh to some slightly more exotic loces like Egypt or Mesopotamia you know um uh for like Death on the Nile was a very famous one during this time or the Orian Express um that really catapulted her into superstardom international superstardom you.

Josh mentions this book (mispronounced as 'Orian Express') as an example of Agatha Christie's works set in exotic locations that contributed to her international fame.

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I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work um last night, and it's just great. She just sucks you right in like you she does what's um she creates in a lot of books, not all of them, but she creates what's called a cozy mystery with an S because it's British.

Josh mentions starting to read this book, noting it was Agatha Christie's first published work.

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I have one more question. Um, have you seen the Agatha Christie film adaptation of Crooked House that came out in 2017? No.

Josh asks Chuck if he has seen the film adaptation of the book.

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So she wrote a book for each of them. Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder. Um that is Marple's final case.

Josh mentions this book as Hercule Poirot's final case, written during WWII but published posthumously.

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um set in this period of time that and for some reason it just captured everybody's attention and apparently when she started expanding I think after World War II uh to some slightly more exotic loces like Egypt or Mesopotamia you know um uh for like Death on the Nile was a very famous one during this time or the Orian Express um that really catapulted her into superstardom international superstardom you.

Josh mentions this book as an example of Agatha Christie's works set in exotic locations that contributed to her international fame.

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She was nice enough. She signed my uh Murder on the Orient Express copy, first edition. Oh, wow.

Chuck claims Agatha Christie signed his first edition copy of the book when he was a child.

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So she wrote a book for each of them. Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder. Um that is Marple's final case.

Josh mentions this book as Miss Marple's final case, written during WWII but published posthumously.

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