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‘She could have gotten away with’ murder: The dangerous science behind the Queen of Crime

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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Before Agatha Christie became one of the best-selling authors of all time, she worked in a chemist’s shop in her hometown of Torquay, England, in service of someone she referred to in her memoir only as Mr. P. Mr. P carried a dark lump of curare in his pocket

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    By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Before Agatha Christie became one of the best-selling authors of all time, she worked in a chemist’s shop in her hometown of Torquay, England, in service of someone she referred to in her memoir only as Mr. P. Mr. P carried a dark lump of curare in his pocket

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