Classifying Sentences According to Structure

Suspense novels are extremely popular, and many readers especially enjoy those by Agatha Christie.

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Christie's first detective novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

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Hercule Poirot, who is perhaps her most famous character, is the Belgian detective who solves the murder cases in many of her books.

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In Murder on the Orient Express, Poirot expertly interrogates many of the passengers on the train before he solves the case.

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Miss Marple, another detective of Christie's, is my favorite character.

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My introduction to Miss Marple came when I read the Body in the Library.

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In this mystery several people are suspects, for each has a possible motive, but Miss Marple sets an ingenious trap for the murder.

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When I visited England last summer, I saw the Mousetrap, a suspense play by Christie, and I also toured her home in Devon.

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Because the clues in The Mousetrap were hidden so well, the ending surprised nearly everyone in the audience.

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Currently,  I am reading Death on the Nile; I have not seen the movie yet.

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