Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival » condense-a-crime classic http://www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime Harrogate International Festival Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:28:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Murder Most Brief http://www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime/2009/07/22/murder-most-brief/ http://www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime/2009/07/22/murder-most-brief/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:34:23 +0000 Erica http://www.harrogate-festival.org.uk/crime/?p=577 We are pleased to announce the result of the 2009 Condense-a-Crime Classic Competition, judged by Laura Wilson. Many congratulations to Janet O’Kane for her Twitter-sized summary of Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

The Winning Entry
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Two of my patients having died in quick succession – the widow (driven to suicide), the squire (stabbed in the neck) – I was delighted when Hercule Poirot sought my counsel. While the police wasted time on the butler, the drug addict and the impoverished stepson, Poirot uncovered everyone’s secrets. Even mine.

Janet wins a Weekend Break package for the 2010 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime, including a Weekend Rover ticket pass and 3 nights accommodation, plus copies of the 14 books from this year’s shortlist for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award.
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