"Agatha Christie-esque" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980 March 14, David Rorden, “Play: Murder spoof starts slowly, but laughs build”, in The Daily News, 308th issue, 57th year, Longview, Wash., page C1",
          "text": "In the first scene, the Agatha Christie-esque “queen of the logical murder” (Shirley Platel) outlines a murder plot with a surprise ending.",
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          "ref": "2002 October 2, Morgan Idris Little, “8 women too many or (hey, where’s my gun?)”, in The Underground, The Scarborough Campus Student Press, page 12, column 1",
          "text": "Murder mysteries are always a tricky business, especially the old style Agatha Christie-esque ones where a group of suspects are confined to a single environ while everyone suspects everyone else and someone sleuths away until the end credits are ready to roll.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 17, Justin Chang, “The blood and the laughs flow freely in the Chinese blockbuster ‘Full River Red’”, in Los Angeles Times, page E2",
          "text": "Set over a long, dark and increasingly bloody night at a Song Dynasty military fortress, this 12th century comic mystery opens with a touch of “Macbeth” — a visiting leader is found murdered in his bed, suspicion falls immediately on the guards — before peeling back layer after layer of Agatha Christie-esque puzzle-box intrigue.",
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