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Puffinjill on 12 Oct 2009 at 2:47 p.m. GMT
The Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux was a huge influence on AC when she originally started writing. Maybe all the other detectives and their authors featured in Partners in Crime were big influences too.
Jack_London on 13 Oct 2009 at 1:32 a.m. GMT
Thankyou for the answer. According to the internet, she grew up with neighbours such as Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, so i think she'd certainly have had quite a few people to look up to and be influenced by.
I'll have a look at that book
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