The Queen of Murder Mysteries- Agatha Christie

The Queen of Murder Mysteries- Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie, a prolific and exceedingly popular British author and playwright, is best known for her
work in the murder mystery genre. Her works have had matchless success right from her first novel, The
Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, to her novels that stil appear today. Christie's favorite and most well
known characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, have become icons of "who dunnit" detective fiction.

The bestselling author of all times, Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the first to
feature one of the most famous fictional creations of all time, the eccentric Belgian detective Hercule
Poirot. Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer went on to become the most enduring characters in all of
fiction. Miss Jane Marple, another of Christie's most well-known and beloved characters was introduced
in "Murder at the Vicarage" in 1930. An elderly spinster in the charming English village of St. Mary Mead,
solved all manner of mysteries with intense concentration and perception. The shrewdly inquisitive Miss
Jane Marple, exemplifies the cozy style, a form of mystery fiction that became popular in, during the
1920s and '30s. Miss Marple appears in twelve novels, and twenty short stories. The Poirot and Marple
novels have been widely dramatized in feature films and television movies.

Agatha Christie has written over 66 novels and sold over two billion books worldwide. Her books have
been translated into over a 100 languages. In a writing career that spanned more than half a century,
Agatha Christie has also written numerous short stories and screen plays, including The Mousetrap,
which is now the longest running play in theatrical history. Her books have surpassed all writers of any
genre, and it is said that only the Christian Bible has surpassed her in readership. She has also written a
series of romantic novels using the pen name Mary Westmacott. Several of her works were made into
successful feature films, the most outstanding one being Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

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