Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Teaser Tuesdays: Cards on the Table

This week I'm taking my teaser lines from Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie. It's a Hercule Poirot mystery, and it also features his friend and occasional assistant sleuth, Ariadne Oliver. Mrs. Oliver is a writer of detective stories who was a sort of alter ego for Christie, and she's always been my favorite of Dame Agatha's characters. In this snippet (more than two lines, but they're good ones), Mrs. Oliver is explaining about her story-telling methods and how real-life crime differs from that depicted in her novels:
"What really matters is plenty of bodies! If the thing's getting a little dull, some more blood cheers it up. Somebody is going to tell something – and then they're killed first! That always goes down well. It comes in all my books – camouflaged different ways of course." (p.51)
Well, I'm only a few pages into this one and so far there's only been one murder. And things never really get dull in an Agatha Christie novel. But I'm sure the bodies will start piling up eventually.


Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by mizB at Should Be Reading. If you'd like to read more teasers, or take part yourself, just head on over to her blog.

And please feel free to leave me a link to your Teaser Tuesday post in a comment here.

17 comments:

  1. I should revisit Agatha sometime! Nice teaser. Here's mine

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  2. My husband loves reading Agatha Christie...he has a huge collection of her books.

    Here's my teaser.

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  3. You've convinced me, I have to read this one by her. I have never read this book by Agatha, so today if I can find it at Barnes and Noble I'll be picking it up, along with Nicholas Sparks new book, Safe Haven.

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  4. Well, of course what matters is plenty of bodies! Not so keen on lots of blood though....

    I love Agatha Christie.

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  5. I love classics like Agatha Christie!

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/09/teaser_13.html

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  6. I really must read some of these books! It sounds exciting....

    Here's mine:

    http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/teaser-tuesdays-sept-14/

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  7. Love Agatha Christie, though I have not read this one. Maybe I'll have to search it out for December, when Dame Agatha is the featured author for the Cozy Mysteries group at GoodReads. *g*

    My teaser: The Search

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  8. Great tease! Love your bookmark header.

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  9. I'll have to look for this. My kids are really into Christie right now. Here is my teaser for this week.

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  10. Nice classic cover on this Christie. It has that European feel.
    Teaser shows off Christie's trademark writing style.

    Posted mine on Aisle B: Bad boss desciption...
    http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/1119392115/teaser-tuesday

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  11. I love Agatha Christie. :) Great teaser! My TT from Paranormalcy is here.

    xx,
    E.J
    From the Shadows

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  12. Love it! What a great teaser! Thanks for visiting me!

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  13. I can't believe I'm going to admit this, but I've never ever read an Agatha Christi! Can you believe it??? I really MUST.

    Great teaser!

    Here's mine:
    http://bookblabbing.blogspot.com/2010/09/teaser-tuesday-clockwork-angel-again.html

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  14. Reminds me of something Leonard Nimoy once said of the director Nicholas Meyer: you could always tell he directed a movie because of the bodycount and blood flow. (Nimoy was referencing "The Undiscovered Country".)

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  15. I love Agatha Christie. Great teaser!

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