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Agatha Christie. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE ( née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running ...
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] She is also the most translated individual author in ...
Hercule Poirot and fictional canon. Only works written by Christie (including short stories, the novels and her play Black Coffee) are considered canon by most fans and biographers. The Poirot books are still under copyright in the United Kingdom. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links and Poirot Investigates are now public ...
Agatha Christie's Poirot, or simply Poirot (UK: / ˈ ɛər k juː l ˈ p w ɑːr oʊ / [1]), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie 's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator, Hercule ...
Giant's Bread. The Mysterious Mr Quin is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 14 April 1930 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2] [3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [4] and the US edition at $2.00.
Followed by. Sad Cypress. Hercule Poirot's Christmas is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 19 December 1938 [1] (although the first edition is copyright dated 1939). [2] It retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
A Daughter's a Daughter. They Do It with Mirrors is a detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors [1] [2] and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 17 November that year [3] under Christie's original title.
Dead Man's Folly. Hickory Dickory Dock is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 31 October 1955 [ 1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in November of the same year under the title of Hickory Dickory Death. [ 2][ 3] The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10 ...