“The proverbial murder”: notable words, expressions and proverbial phrases in Agatha Christie’s writings

The paper examines the language of literary works of detective writer Agatha Christie, paying special attention to some interesting words, concepts and expressions found in her works. Intrigued by the name of the pie, “Delicious Death”, from the novel “A murder is announced”, the author of the paper comes to the conclusion that it could have been borrowed from Handel's opera “Acis and Galatea”.