BOOK BOX
Myriad mysteries to delve into
In this week's edition of Book Box, The Sunday Times looks at a rogues' gallery of whodunnits, as the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery Death On The Nile sails into cinemas
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Melody Malone is a private detective in 1930s New York. She is also the fictional creation of River Song, a time-travelling archaeologist who is killing time in the universe's most secure prison by writing a hard-boiled mystery novel.
River, in turn, is a character on cult science-fiction show Doctor Who, played by British actress Alex Kingston - who wrote her debut novel, The Ruby's Curse, about River writing a novel about Melody.
