Someone asked me to write an Agatha Christie mystery type story...what do they mean?

Question

Someone asked me to write an Agatha Christie mystery type story...what do they mean?

Answer 1

go to the library and check out a couple of her books..no one here can describe to you what you want to know..you have to experience it. Personally, I can think of better authors, but then I hate murder mystery books lol

Answer 2

Agatha Christie was a famous Novelist who specialized in detective fiction. Much like Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote the 'Sherlock Holmes' series of detective strories.

Answer 3

they wanna tell you that you have a great imagination.

Answer 4

srry i dont know

Answer 5

I suppose they mean that you should write a mystery story in which a murder, or several murders take place, and there are several suspects, and a detective has to figure out which one did it.  Possibly with a dash of romance (somebody is usually going to be married by the end of a Christie novel, sometimes more than one couple).

If you are not familiar with Agatha Christie's books, then maybe you should try reading one to give you an idea?  One of my favourites is Hercule Poirot's Christmas, which features her most famous detective Hercule Poirot.  Or then there is her series featuring Miss Marple, 'A Caribbean Mystery' is a very good one.  Or there are short stories, if you haven't time to read a full-length boo, you might try 'Poirot Investigates' which features a collection of stories.

Answer 6

they mean you should write a story in the style of Agatha Christie - i.e. a whodunnit.

A murder takes place, and all of the characters are under suspicion - they all had a motive to kill. but who actually did it...?

Answer 7

They meant that you should write an Agatha Christie mystery type story, duh!

Okay, seriously, do you expect us to google this for you? Type the name of this author in the Google search bar, hit the "search" button and see what happens.  

Answer 8

to write a story in a similar style to Agatha Christie, one of the best selling mystery authors of all time...

Answer 9

They mean that you could be a great detective Like Sherlock Holmes.

;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Ho...

Answer 10

Agatha and Christie were two famous murder mystery writers of their time. Some even said they were one and the same person. That in itself is a mystery.

Answer 11

There are certain conventions of an Agatha Christie novel such as the fact that her mysteries are never solves until right at the end and there are only minor clues. Her main mystery solver almost aways works alone and most importantly the fact she uses more then 12 characters in each of her novels so that she can confuse th readers brain into not knowning who the murderer is.

If someone is asking you to write like her then it is likely they want you to write like this. Or maybe have a read of a Christie novel yourself to get a better idea of what you could put in your own.