that Agatha began to write crime stories she wrote her first novel. He appeared in 33 novels, 2 plays, and more than 50 short stories published between 19. Agatha Christies First Marriage: Background information when reading The Mystery. But that’s just one of the little Belgian detective’s great cases. Everyone knows Murder on the Orient Express, made notable again by a recent film adaptation from Kenneth Branagh. So I feel confident about picking the best Poirot books. Out of Christie’s detectives Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence, Poirot is my favorite, with his stuffy demeanor, his outrageous mustaches, and his little grey cells. Agatha Christie books include her two most famous detective creations the Belgian, Hercule Poirot and the English spinster, Miss Marple. So I think that I qualify as an amateur Christie expert. Agatha Christie (18901976) was the Grande Dame of English crime fiction, specializing in the detective novel. (Spoiler: He really was the best Poirot.) It was soon followed by the successful novels 'The Secret Adversary' (1922) and 'Murder on the Links' (1923) and various short stories. THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY by AGATHA CHRISTIE Hard Back. When Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, she was known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime, unrivalled as the best-selling novelist of all time with two billion books sold in more than 100 languages. Agathas debut novel was first published in 1920 and turned out to be a hit. The Body In The Library By Agatha Christie - Fontana Books 1st Issue 1962.
I have seem dozens of adaptations of her works, multiple times, including the Poirot series with David Suchet. 3.91 Rating details 12,388 ratings 740 reviews. That’s sixty-six detective novels, fourteen short story collections, and her six novels written under a pseudonym. I not only own the books she wrote, but over two dozen books about her. I read all of Agatha Christie’s books that year.
And from that very first book, I was hooked. The image on the cover was an ominous cliff with a spooky face, with a mansion on top of it. I found a copy of And Then There Were None on the returns cart at the library where my mom worked. I was eight when I first read Agatha Christie.