"once in Egypt he attempted to warn a murderer before the person committed the crime. That case is the one retold in ""Death on the Nile"". He mentions that there was another case in which he had done the same thing: almost certainly that retold in “Triangle at Rhodes” (published in ""Murder in the Mews"" in 1937). In ""The ABC Murders"", Inspector Japp says to Poirot: ""Shouldn't wonder if you ended by detecting your own death;"" an indication that the idea of ""Curtain"" had already formed in the author's mind in 1935. On 6 August 1975, ""The New York Times"""
"of gift to her daughter and husband. The last Marple novel Christie wrote, ""Nemesis"", was published in 1971, followed by Christie's last Poirot novel ""Elephants Can Remember"" in 1972 and then in 1973 by her very last novel ""Postern of Fate"". Aware that she would write no more novels, Christie authorised the publication of ""Curtain"" in 1975 to send off Poirot. She then arranged to have ""Sleeping Murder"" published in 1976, but she died before its publication in October 1976. By contrast to Poirot, who dies in the final novel, Miss Marple lives on. This last published novel is set"
"by Agatha Christie. As the one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, he appeared in 33 novels, one play (""Black Coffee""), and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. The stories are throughout the Hercule Poirot’s whole life in the UK, which he first appeared in ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"" (published in 1920) and died in ""Curtain"" (published in 1975), which is Agatha Christie’s last work. August 6, 1975, The New York Times published the obituary of Poirot’s death and the cover of the newly published novel on the front page. ""Le Chevalier"" C. Auguste"
"On the ITV television series, Poirot died in October 1949 from complications of a heart condition at the end of ""Curtain: Poirot's Last Case"" {This took place at Styles Court scene of his first English case in 1916}. In Christie's novels, he lived into the late 1960s, perhaps even until 1975 when ""Curtain"" was published. In both the novel and the television adaptation, he had moved his amyl nitrite pills out of his own reach, possibly because of guilt. He thereby became the murderer in ""Curtain"", although it was for the benefit of others. Poirot himself noted that he wanted"
"takes Merlin's place as the court wizard-seer, while Merlin retires to the crystal cave and lives a quiet and happy life as a hermit, much like his old master in the first volume of the series. The Last Enchantment The Last Enchantment is a 1979 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. It is the third in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, preceded by ""The Hollow Hills"" and succeeded by ""The Wicked Day"". The protagonist of this story is the clairvoyant and wise Merlin, the wizard of legend, who is recounting his story of the reign of Arthur Pendragon"
"The Last Enchantment The Last Enchantment is a 1979 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. It is the third in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, preceded by ""The Hollow Hills"" and succeeded by ""The Wicked Day"". The protagonist of this story is the clairvoyant and wise Merlin, the wizard of legend, who is recounting his story of the reign of Arthur Pendragon as he oversees Arthur's destiny to become the great king Merlin has predicted. This novel covers the time from when Arthur Pendragon first becomes king to the time Merlin, now getting on in years, begins to"
"seemingly artless, simplistic Christie prose is mined with deceits. Inside the old, absurd conventions of the Country House mystery she reworks the least likely person trick with a freshness rivalling the originality she displayed nearly 50 years ago in ""The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"". For the egotistic Poirot, hero of some 40 books… it is a dazzlingly theatrical finish. 'Goodbye, cher ami', runs his final message to the hapless Hastings. 'They were good days.' For addicts, everywhere, they were among the best. Two months later, Coady nominated ""Curtain"" as his ""Book of the Year"" in a column of critic's choices."
"The Seventh Gate The Seventh Gate (1994) is the final novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in their seven-book Death Gate Cycle series. In the Labyrinth, Marit and Hugh venture out to try to find Alfred. He turns out to be the prisoner of a Labyrinth dragon, which are almost the equal of the dragon-snakes in cruelty and savagery. With the help of the Cursed Blade, they drive it off and rescue Alfred. On Abarrach, Haplo is dying. He will never willingly give up his knowledge of the Chamber of the Damned, and Xar knows it. What Xar must"
"Final Curtain (novel) Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh. Agatha Troy Alleyn is waiting for the return of her husband Roderick Alleyn after a long separation during World War II. (The preceding two books in the series, ""Colour Scheme"" and ""Died in the Wool"", concern Alleyn's work during the war.) While waiting, she accepts a commission to paint the celebrated actor Sir Henry Ancred at his home Ancreton Manor. While there, she witnesses the bitter family dynamics between Sir Henry, his children and grandchildren, which are complicated by the presence of his young"
"The Last Dark The Last Dark is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the final book of ""The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant"", ending the story that Donaldson began in 1977 with ""Lord Foul's Bane"". It was published on October 15, 2013. In April 2013 a preview of chapter 3 was made available at the author's official website. On the promontory where Foul's Creche once stood, Thomas Covenant, Clyme, and Branl are met by Covenant's old ""Haruchai"" companion Brinn, who became the Guardian of the One Tree during his quest for a second Staff of Law. The"
"Waldenbooks and B. Dalton. ""The Seventh Gate"" reached 14 on the New York Times bestseller list on August 28, 1994. The Seventh Gate The Seventh Gate (1994) is the final novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in their seven-book Death Gate Cycle series. In the Labyrinth, Marit and Hugh venture out to try to find Alfred. He turns out to be the prisoner of a Labyrinth dragon, which are almost the equal of the dragon-snakes in cruelty and savagery. With the help of the Cursed Blade, they drive it off and rescue Alfred. On Abarrach, Haplo is dying. He"
"The Rag and Bone Shop The Rag and Bone Shop (2001) is Robert Cormier's final novel, published October 9, 2001, eleven months after his death. The novel takes its name from the final line of William Butler Yeats's poem ""The Circus Animals' Desertion"". Jason Dorrant is a lonely twelve-year-old boy who is a suspect in the brutal murder of Alicia Bartlett, the younger sister of a classmate. Trent, an expert interrogator who is known to get confessions that seem impossible to obtain and who has never lost a case, is called in to interrogate Jason, who is Alicia's friend and"
"Charity (novel) Charity is a 1996 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the final novel in the final trilogy about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ""Charity"" is part of the ""Faith, Hope and Charity"" trilogy, being preceded by ""Faith"" and ""Hope"". This trilogy is preceded by the ""Game, Set and Match"" and the ""Hook, Line and Sinker"" trilogies. Deighton's novel ""Winter"" (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory to some of the characters. Bernard is still working for"
"Chapterhouse: Dune Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his ""Dune"" series of six novels. It rose to #2 on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list. A direct followup to ""Heretics of Dune"", the novel chronicles the continued struggles of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood against the violent Honored Matres, who are succeeding in their bid to seize control of the universe and destroy the factions and planets that oppose them. ""Chapterhouse: Dune"" ends with a cliffhanger, and Herbert's subsequent death in 1986 left some overarching plotlines of the series unresolved. Two decades"
"Skylark DuQuesne Skylark DuQuesne is a science fiction novel by American writer E. E. Smith, the final novel in his ""Skylark"" series. Written as Smith's last novel in 1965 and published shortly before his death, it expands on the characterizations of the earlier novels (written 1919 - about 1938) with some discrepancies (some of which may relate to unwritten background developments). Marc DuQuesne, the major villain of the three previous novels, is shown to have matured, reformed, and offered a chance at what amounted at pardon for his prior crimes against the heroes. The book ends with Seaton and DuQuesne"
"sets the characters racing against a clock to complete the swap.' The Midas Coffin The Midas Coffin is a novel by Martin Cruz Smith published under the pseudonym Simon Quinn in 1975. It was fifth of six installments in a series titled ""The Inquisitor"". The entire series was published inside a two-year span between 1974 and 1975. The novel's protagonist is a former CIA agent named Francis Xavier Killy who has become a lay brother in the Militia Christi. The novel follows Killy as he tries to track down a killer among a group of fanatics while trying to handle"
"by Target Books in July 1991. The novel features a prologue in which the future Merlin Doctor takes the wounded King Arthur aboard the spaceship beneath the lake following the last battle as well as additional information about the current version of U.N.I.T. and Morgaine's dimension. The final scene also implies that the Brigadier is planning to go with Ancelyn back to the other dimension to help restore order, a similar plot point to the ending of the Eight Doctor Adventures novel ""The Shadows of Avalon"". It was the last novelisation of a televised ""Doctor Who"" serial to be published"
"Grace is married to a British officer stationed in India. His other daughter, Judith, appears as a character in ""Curtain."" Judith is Hastings's youngest child and his favourite, albeit the child whom he understands the least. She marries Dr. John Franklin, a medical researcher, and moves to Africa with him. In ""Curtain""'s postscript Poirot suggests that Hastings should consider a second marriage with Elizabeth Litchfield, the younger sister of a woman who was manipulated into killing her abusive father by the novel's antagonist. Poirot notes that Elizabeth must be reassured that she is not tainted by her sister's actions and"
"that Hastings is still not unattractive to women. Age is not specifically discussed for Hastings after the first book; he is said to be 30 in ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"", which would leave him at least 60 years old in the earliest setting for ""Curtain."" That novel was published in 1975, though written during the war; it has no ties to a specific time, unlike most of the Poirot stories, and there is no mention of the war or of changes in automobiles or telephones that might set the decade from late 1940s to mid 1970s. Hastings has been"
"Breathtaking."" ""The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter"" won the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for best first novel. The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter is a 2016 novel by American playwright and author Kia Corthron. It won the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The novel chronicles the lives and interactions of two sets of brothers: Eliot and Dwight in Maryland, and B.J. and Randall in Alabama. It begins in 1941, jumps to the late 1950s, and concludes with the climactic events in 1983, followed by an epilogue in 2010. Corthon"
"The Last Tycoon The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson, a critic and writer. According to ""Publishers Weekly,"" the novel is ""[g]enerally considered a roman a clef,"" with its lead character, Monroe Stahr, modeled after historic film producer Irving Thalberg. The story follows Stahr's rise to power in Hollywood, and his conflicts with rival Pat Brady, a character based on prominent studio head Louis B. Mayer. It was adapted as a TV play in 1957 and a film in 1976"
"story ""The Lieutenant Died Last"". The main character is Irish gunman, poet, and philosopher Liam Devlin. Higgins followed ""The Eagle Has Landed"" with a series of thrillers, including several (""Touch the Devil"", ""Confessional"", ""The Eagle Has Flown"") featuring return appearances by Devlin. The third phase of Patterson's career began with the publication of ""Eye of the Storm"" in 1992, a fictionalised retelling of an unsuccessful mortar attack on Prime Minister John Major by a ruthless young Irish gunman-philosopher named Sean Dillon, hired by an Iraqi millionaire. Cast as the central character over the next series of novels (22 to date,"
"the Sûreté for fifteen years and retired in 1845. Charles Rabou, who finished the novel """" after Balzac's death, included Vautrin in this story. However, his Vautrin loses most of his former genius. The novel gives Vautrin a son (unlikely, seeing as it is made very clear that he has never had any interest in women) and includes his death at the hands of a forger. Vautrin's later lifestory is not considered ""canon"". Vautrin is a seductive, enigmatic and complex character, not easily classified, not even as a villain. He is a well-built, strong man, about forty years old at"
"mistress, Sonia Orrincourt. Soon after the portrait is finished, Sir Henry, who has been in poor health, dies seemingly of natural causes. Troy returns home and is reunited with her husband. Alleyn is soon assigned to investigate the death, and the case is quickly complicated by another murder. This novel was adapted for the television series ""The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries"", with Patrick Malahide as Roderick Alleyn in 1993. Final Curtain (novel) Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh. Agatha Troy Alleyn is waiting for the return of her husband Roderick Alleyn after a long"
"Cities of the Plain (novel) Cities of the Plain is the final volume of American novelist Cormac McCarthy's ""Border Trilogy"", published in 1998. The title is a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:29). The story opens in 1952. John Grady Cole (the protagonist of ""All the Pretty Horses"") and Billy Parham (the protagonist of ""The Crossing"") work together on a cattle ranch south of Alamogordo, New Mexico, not far from the border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The ranch's owners are kind but face an uncertain future in a dying"
"to school in Berlin just like he did. Charity (novel) Charity is a 1996 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the final novel in the final trilogy about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ""Charity"" is part of the ""Faith, Hope and Charity"" trilogy, being preceded by ""Faith"" and ""Hope"". This trilogy is preceded by the ""Game, Set and Match"" and the ""Hook, Line and Sinker"" trilogies. Deighton's novel ""Winter"" (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory to some"
"The Last Wizard The Last Wizard is a 1995 fantasy novel by Tony Shillitoe. It follows the story of Tamesan who lives in a land where Wizards have been outlawed. Rejecting the way of the other women Tamesan chooses to study the art of healing and discovers the secret behind Dragon Mountain. ""The Last Wizard"" was first published in Australia in 1995 by Pan Macmillan in paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for the 1995 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel but lost to Garth Nix's ""Sabriel"". The central character was created as a homage by Shillitoe to his"
"1966 by Pyramid Books. The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1966. Skylark DuQuesne Skylark DuQuesne is a science fiction novel by American writer E. E. Smith, the final novel in his ""Skylark"" series. Written as Smith's last novel in 1965 and published shortly before his death, it expands on the characterizations of the earlier novels (written 1919 - about 1938) with some discrepancies (some of which may relate to unwritten background developments). Marc DuQuesne, the major villain of the three previous novels, is shown to have matured, reformed, and offered a chance at what"
"The Last Centurion The Last Centurion is a 2008 stand-alone novel by John Ringo. It is written in ""blog style"" from the point of view of a U.S. Army officer known as ""Bandit Six"". The novel is set in a post apocalyptic world that has been ravaged by a brief ice age and disease. ""Bandit Six"", the book's protagonist, discusses his adventures following a withdrawal from the Middle East by U.S. forces in a time of chaos and disease. He commands a Stryker company that is left behind in Iran to guard a U.S. military equipment depot after a worldwide"
"2018 edition of ""Le Combat des livres"", where it was defended by Russell Smith. The Heart Goes Last The Heart Goes Last is a novel by Margaret Atwood, published by Penguin Random House September 2015. The novel is described as a ""wickedly funny and deeply disturbing novel about a near future in which the lawful are locked up and the lawless roam free."" The novel is set in the same near-future dystopia as the darkly comic Byliner serial ""Positron"" which was released online. Living in their car, surviving on tips, Charmaine and Stan are in a desperate state. So, when"
"The Last Tycoon (1976 film) The Last Tycoon is a 1976 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Sam Spiegel, based upon Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's ""The Last Tycoon"". It stars Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell and Ingrid Boulting. The film was the second collaboration between Kazan and Spiegel, who worked closely together to make ""On the Waterfront"". Fitzgerald based the novel's protagonist, Monroe Stahr, on film producer Irving Thalberg. Spiegel was once awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. ""The Last Tycoon"""
"The Crystal Cave The Crystal Cave is a 1970 fantasy novel by Mary Stewart. The first in a quintet of novels covering the Arthurian legend, it is followed by ""The Hollow Hills"". The protagonist of this story is a boy named Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin, which is the Welsh form of the word ""falcon"". (Welsh ""dd"" is pronounced ""th"" as in ""thus"", so ""Myrddin"" is roughly pronounced ""Murthin"".) This story is told in first-person narrative and includes his journey to find a home as he travels through Wales, Brittany, England and Ireland. Emrys is also known as Ambrosius,"
"until the 1940s. Christie never wrote a novel or short story featuring both Poirot and Miss Marple. In a recording discovered and released in 2008, Christie revealed the reason for this: ""Hercule Poirot, a complete egoist, would not like being taught his business or having suggestions made to him by an elderly spinster lady. Hercule Poirot - a professional sleuth - would not be at home at all in Miss Marple's world."". Poirot is the only fictional character to date to be given an obituary in ""The New York Times"", following the publication of ""Curtain"". It appeared on the front"