Polisiye edebiyatin en onemli isimlerinden Ingiliz yazar (Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christie Mollowan) Agatha Christie'nin olum yildonumu (12 Ocak 1976)
"Yargic Wargrave birinci mevki kompartimaninda purosunu tutturerek The Times gazetesinin politika haberlerini dikkatle okuduktan sonra gazeteyi birakip camdan disari bakti. Somerset'den geciyorlardi. Daha iki saatlik yollari vardi. Zenci adasi hakkinda simdiye kadar gazetelerde okuduklarini dusunmeye basladi. Adanin deniz ve yat meraklisi bir Amerikali milyoner tarafindan satin alindigini, Devon sahillerine yakin olan adaya modern ve luks bir kosk yapildigini biliyordu; ama, anlasildigina gore, Amerikali milyonerin yeni evlendigi ucuncu karisi denizi sevmiyordu ve adayi satisa cikarmisti. Satis icin gazetelerde bircok ilan cikmisti. Sonunda adanin Owen adinda biri tarafindan satin alindigi duyulmustu. Bu haberden sonra gazetelerin dedikodu yazilarinin fisildasmalari baslamisti. Zenci adasi aslinda Gabrielle Turl adinda Hollywood'lu bir film yildizi tarafindan satin alinmisti. Yildizin bu adada kimse tarafindan rahatsiz edilmeden birkac ay gecirmeyi dusundugu ileri surulmekteydi. Baska bir yazar ise, Zenci Adasinin bazi gizli deneyler icin Ingiliz Amirallik Dairesi tarafindan satin alinmis oldugunu iddia ediyordu..." On Kucuk Zenci
"In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in the Times.He laid the paper down and glanced out of the window. They were running now through Somerset. He glanced at his watch - another two hours to go.He went over in his mind all that had appeared in the papers about Indian Island. There had been its original purchase by an American millionaire who was crazy about yachting - and an account of the luxurious modern house he had built on this little island off the Devon coast. The unfortunate fact that the new third wife of the American millionaire was a bad sailor had led to the subsequentputting up of the house and island for sale. Various glowing advertisements of it had appeared in the papers. Then came the first bald statement that it had been bought - by a Mr. Owen. After that the rumours of the gossip writers had started. Indian Island had really been bought by Miss Gabrielle Turl, the Hollywood filmstar! She wanted to spend some months there free from all publicity! Jones knew for a fact that it had been purchased by the Admiralty with a view to carrying out some very hush hush experiments!..."


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