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Crooked House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1949 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 23 May of the same year. The action takes place in and near London in the autumn of 1947.
Nov 21, 2017 · A private detective investigates the poisoning of a wealthy tycoon in his family mansion, where he faces dark secrets and suspicious characters. Based on one of Christie's favourite novels, the film stars Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks, Julian Sands and others.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- 2017-11-21
Crooked House is a 2017 mystery film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, based on Agatha Christie’s 1949 novel of the same name. The film stars Max Irons , Terence Stamp , Glenn Close , Gillian Anderson , and Stefanie Martini .
Described by the queen of mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published work, Crooked House is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery. The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion.
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Learn about the plot, characters and ending of this classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie. Find out how to buy, watch or stream the book and its adaptations.
Learn about the plot, characters, and themes of Agatha Christie's crime fiction novel Crooked House, inspired by the nursery rhyme \"There Was a Crooked Man\". Find out who killed Aristide Leonides, the wealthy patriarch of a dysfunctional family, and how his granddaughter Josephine confessed to the murders.
Mar 1, 2016 · Learn about the plot, the title and the shocking ending of Crooked House, one of the only Christie crime novels not adapted for the screen. Find out why Agatha Christie wrote it as pure pleasure and refused to change it.
