Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1934 book
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Agatha Christie, 1934
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John Davies, Tony Wharmby, 1980

This intriguing story is set in the 1930s at a country house, where two amateur sleuths, Bobby Jones and Lady Frankie Derwent, try to unravel the mystery behind a tale of murder, suspense and false identities. And the only clues the two have to go on are the puzzling last words of a dying man.


The Amazing Mr. Blunden. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1969 book, The Ghosts
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The Ghosts
Antonia Barber, 1969
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Lionel Jeffries, 1972

Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children.


The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1749 book, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding, 1749
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Cliff Owen, 1976

The movie follows the adventures of Tom Jones, a young man who is in love with a woman above his station and is subsequently disowned by his wealthy benefactor. Tom sets out on a journey to London, encountering a variety of colorful characters and engaging in numerous sexual escapades along the way.