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Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 15 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies, an amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. [1]
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot.It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 [1] and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921.
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head [1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [1] and the US ...
Murder Is Easy is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1939, [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September the same year under the title Easy to Kill. [2]
N or M? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1941 [1] [2] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. [3] The US edition retailed $2.00 [ 2 ] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
Worst of all, the solution itself is utterly preposterous. This book is far below the standard set by Agatha Christie's earlier stories." [6] The Scotsman of 28 January 1929 said, "Less good in point of style than some of her earlier novels, The Seven Dials Mystery…maintains the author's reputation of ingenuity." The review went on to say ...
The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, featuring her characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, as they contend with a series of killings by a mysterious murderer known only as "A.B.C.".