title: The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie
author:  Earl F. Bargainnier 
description: Earl F. Bargainnier was Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English Language and Literature at Wesleyan College. A former president of the Popular Culture Association, he was the author of more than sixty articles and edited Ten Women of Mystery and Twelve Englishmen of Mystery and co-edited Cops and Constables. Professor Bargainnier died January 3, 1987.
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  THE MISSING
  
  
  WIFE
  
  
  An enthralling crime mystery full of twists
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries Book 2)
  
  
  
  
  
  ROGER SILVERWOOD
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Revised edition 2019
  
  
  Joffe Books, London
  
  
  [www.joffebooks.com](http://www.joffebooks.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  First published as “Choker” 2005
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations,
  places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are
  used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events
  or locales is entirely coincidental. The spelling used is British English
  except where fidelity to the author’s rendering of accent or dialect
  supersedes this. The right of Roger Silverwood to be identified as author of
  this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs
  and Patents Act 1988.
  
  
  
  
  
  ©Roger Silverwood
  
  
  
  
  
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