Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

‘Little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best.’Sunday Express

1. 4/5

   Agatha Christie är alltid fantastisk och Poirot en sån unik karaktär. Ville dock att berättelserna skulle ha varit längre, men som titeln säger var det korta historier.

   Linda

   20 augusti 2013

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

‘Little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best.’Sunday Express

1. 4/5

   Agatha Christie är alltid fantastisk och Poirot en sån unik karaktär. Ville dock att berättelserna skulle ha varit längre, men som titeln säger var det korta historier.

   Linda

   20 augusti 2013

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

‘Little masterpieces of detection. Poirot and Agatha Christie at their inimitable best.’Sunday Express

1. 4/5

   Agatha Christie är alltid fantastisk och Poirot en sån unik karaktär. Ville dock att berättelserna skulle ha varit längre, men som titeln säger var det korta historier.

   Linda

   20 augusti 2013