"Agatha Christie's fictional universe In Agatha Christie's mystery novels, several characters cross over different sagas, creating a fictional universe in which most of her stories are set. This article has one table to summarize the novels with characters who occur in other Christie novels; the table is titled Crossovers by Christie. There is brief mention of characters crossing over in adaptations of the novels. Her publications, both novels and short stories, are then listed by main detective, in order of publication. Some stories or novels authorised by the estate of Agatha Christie, using the characters she created, and written long"
"was the predominant mode of crime writing. Agatha Christie is not only the most famous Golden Age writer, but also considered one of the most famous authors of all genres of all time. At the time of her death in 1976, “she was the best-selling novelist in history.” Many of the most popular books of the Golden Age were written by Agatha Christie. She produced long series of books featuring detective characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, amongst others. Her use of basing her stories on complex puzzles, “combined with her stereotyped characters and picturesque middle-class settings”, is credited"
"H. C. McNeile with ""Bulldog Drummond"" (1920), and Leslie Charteris, whose many books chronicled the adventures of Simon Templar, alias ""The Saint"". The medievalist scholar M. R. James wrote highly regarded ghost stories (1904–1928) in contemporary settings. This was called the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Agatha Christie, a writer of crime novels, short stories and plays, is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Christie's works, particularly those featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre."
"consists of recent first publications usually no older than a few years. Furthermore, only a select few authors have achieved the status of ""classics"" for their published works. A classic is any text that can be received and accepted universally, because they transcend context. A popular, well known example is Agatha Christie, whose texts, originally published between 1920 and her death in 1976, are available in UK and US editions in all English speaking nations. Christie's works, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of"
"into the story quickly, begins without the leisurely introduction to the narrator's back-story that is present in the British edition, and lacks much of the characterisation throughout. Christie admitted that this book was one of her favourites, stating, ""I find that another [book] I am really pleased with is ""The Moving Finger"". It is a great test to re-read what one has written some seventeen or eighteen years before. One's view changes. Some do not stand the test of time, others do."" The Moving Finger The Moving Finger is a detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published"
"John"" (1910). Novels featuring a gentleman adventurer were popular between the wars, exemplified by the series of H. C. McNeile with ""Bulldog Drummond"" (1920), and Leslie Charteris, whose many books chronicled the adventures of Simon Templar, alias ""The Saint"". The medieval scholar M. R. James wrote highly regarded ghost stories in contemporary settings. This was called 'the Golden Age of Detective Fiction'. Dame Agatha Christie, a writer of crime novels, short stories and plays, is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Other female writers dubbed ""Queens of crime"" include Dorothy L. Sayers"
"Before marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed when ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"", featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War, she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, acquiring a good knowledge of poisons which feature in many of her novels. ""Guinness World Records"" lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly"
"Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective). At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual"
"Camilla Läckberg Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Eriksson (born August 30, 1974) is a Swedish crime writer. As of the early-2010s, her work has been translated into at least 40 languages in 60 countries. Läckberg considers herself a crime writing specialist since discovering such literature on her father's bookshelf at a young age. It has remained a fascination for her ever since. Läckberg's books have received special praise for detail and ""in-depth characterization"". Läckberg – sometimes called the Swedish Agatha Christie – became a writer after her husband and parents enrolled her in a creative writing course as a Christmas present."
"been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Among popular novelists Daphne Du Maurier wrote ""Rebecca"", a mystery novel, in 1938 and W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) ""Of Human Bondage"" (1915), a strongly autobiographical novel, is generally agreed to be his masterpiece. In genre fiction Agatha Christie was an important writer of crime novels, short stories and plays, best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Christie's novels include ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1934), ""Death on the Nile"" (1937), and ""And Then There Were None"" (1939). Another popular writer during the Golden Age of detective fiction"
"pleased to have their own novels in print in 100 years. Just one of the 25 authors held with Edmund Wilson's views. Harper Collins also published a souvenir magazine ""Shocking Real Murders: Behind Her Classic Mysteries"". The ""Guinness Book of World Records"" lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. Half of the sales are of English language editions, and the other half in translation. According"
"Come, Tell Me How You Live Come, Tell Me How You Live is a short book of autobiography and travel literature by crime writer Agatha Christie. It is one of only two books she wrote and had published under both of her married names of ""Christie"" and ""Mallowan"" (the other being ""Star Over Bethlehem and other stories"") and was first published in the UK in November 1946 by William Collins and Sons and in the same year in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed for ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at"
"award. Malice Domestic Ltd was established in 1989, and was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Winners and, where known, nominated titles for each year: Agatha Award The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the cozy mystery subgenre (i.e. closed setting, no sex or violence, amateur detective). At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult"
"Agatha Christie Memorial The Agatha Christie Memorial is a memorial to author and playwright Agatha Christie, located at the intersection of Cranbourn Street and Great Newport Street by St Martin's Cross near Covent Garden, in London, United Kingdom. It is located in the heart of London's theatre district. This was chosen to pay homage to Christie's contribution to theatre: her murder mystery play ""The Mousetrap"" is the world's longest-running show, and she was the first female playwright to have three plays performing simultaneously in the West End. The memorial depicts a book with Christie at its centre. It is about"
"in the back pages of the UK first editions of ""The Listerdale Mystery"", ""Why Didn't They Ask Evans"", and ""Parker Pyne Investigates"" claimed that ""Murder on the Orient Express"" had proven to be Christie's best-selling book to date and the best-selling book published in the Collins Crime Club series. Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28"
"be more original if she strained less after originality. I should expect her book to be very popular."" In Book III, Chapter I(i) Jane Harding quotes the line ""Come, tell me how you live!"" from verse three of the White Knight's poem, ""Haddocks' Eyes"", from Chapter eight of ""Through the Looking-Glass"" (1871) by Lewis Carroll. This quote was later used by Christie as the title of her 1946 book of travel literature. The dedication of the book reads: ""To the memory of my best and truest friend, my mother."" Giant's Bread Giant's Bread is a novel by British writer Agatha"
"remembered for her 80 detective novels as well as her successful plays for the West End theatre. Christie's works, particularly those featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, have given her the title ""Queen of Crime"", and she was one of the most important and innovative writers in this genre. Christie's novels include ""Murder on the Orient Express"", ""Death on the Nile"" and ""And Then There Were None"". Another popular writer during the Golden Age of detective fiction was Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957). Other recent noteworthy writers in this genre are Ruth Rendell, P. D. James and Scot Ian"
"is Christie's daughter, Rosalind Hicks (1919–2004) who was the daughter of her first marriage to Archibald Christie (1890–1962) and Agatha Christie's only child. Rosalind was eleven years of age at the time of the publication of this book. The Murder at the Vicarage The Murder at the Vicarage is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition"
"the first of many writers called, by their publishers, ""America's Agatha Christie,"" few of which had as little in common with 'Dame Agatha in matters of plotting, characterization, or even type of story.' She wrote a total of 59 novels, the last published in 1988, shortly before her 89th birthday. Eight of her novels were adapted as movies, beginning in 1935 with ""While the Patient Slept."" The last adaptation, based on the book ""Hasty Wedding"", was the movie ""Three's a Crowd"", released in 1945. Sarah Keate, though popular as the protagonist of Eberhart's first five novels, proved to be the"
"directed travelogues. Manjiri is also the founder-director of the Pune International Literary Festival. Manjiri Prabhu Manjiri Prabhu (born 30 September 1964) is an Indian author, TV producer and filmmaker. She has been hailed as the 'Desi Agatha Christie' by the media and is acknowledged as being the first woman writer of mystery fiction in India. Manjiri Atmaram Prabhu was born in Pune to Atmaram Prabhu, a businessman and Shobha Prabhu, a prominent astrologer in a family of five siblings. Manjiri started experimenting with novels at a young age and acknowledges Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie as her early inspiration. She"
"pungent, clear-eyed about the times and circumstances in which she lived, funny about herself and other people.” The first edition contains four pages of colour plates of oil paintings of Christie and her family from the late 19th and early 20th century which do not appear in later editions. Agatha Christie: An Autobiography An Autobiography is the title of the recollections of crime writer Agatha Christie published posthumously by Collins in the UK and by Dodd, Mead & Company in the US in November 1977, almost two years after the writer's death in January 1976. The UK edition retailed at"
"by Agatha Christie. As the one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, he appeared in 33 novels, one play (""Black Coffee""), and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. The stories are throughout the Hercule Poirot’s whole life in the UK, which he first appeared in ""The Mysterious Affair at Styles"" (published in 1920) and died in ""Curtain"" (published in 1975), which is Agatha Christie’s last work. August 6, 1975, The New York Times published the obituary of Poirot’s death and the cover of the newly published novel on the front page. ""Le Chevalier"" C. Auguste"
"2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. ""And Then There Were None"" is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Christie's stage play ""The Mousetrap"" holds the world record for longest initial run. It opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End"
"in the US (the other being ""The Secret Adversary""). The copyright on the book will not expire in some Western countries before 2047. The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. 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 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921. ""Styles"" was Christie's first published novel. It introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp,"
"Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle to contemporary authors of suspenseful ""whodunits"". In addition to creating elderly spinster and young female sleuths, Green's innovative plot devices included dead bodies in libraries, newspaper clippings as ""clews"", the coroner's inquest, and expert witnesses. Yale Law School once used her books to demonstrate how damaging it can be to rely on circumstantial evidence. Written in 1878, her first book, ""The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story,"" sparked a debate in the Pennsylvania State Senate over whether the book could ""really have been written by a woman"". Green was in some ways a progressive woman for"
"down the book until one learns the true solution of the mystery."" Lord Edgware Dies Lord Edgware Dies is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of Thirteen at Dinner. Before its book publication, the novel was serialised in six issues (March–August 1933) of ""The American Magazine"" as ""13 For Dinner"". The novel features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. An American actress married to Lord"
"Giant's Bread Giant's Bread is a novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins in April 1930 and in the US by Doubleday later in the same year. The UK edition retailed for seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $1.00. It is the first of six novels Christie published under the nom-de-plume ""Mary Westmacott"". The opening of London's National Opera House is celebrated by the performance of a new composition, ""The Giant"". The audience was either puzzled or ecstatic about this modernist piece. One man who does not personally like the"
"of books published increased beyond the three promised per month, reaching a pre-war peak of 42 books in 1938. The real reason for the success of the club probably lies in the authors that it had on its list, topped by the best-selling crime writer of all time, Agatha Christie. Under contract to Collins since 1926, all except five of her books were published under the Crime Club imprint from ""The Murder at the Vicarage"" onwards and most of her classic titles such as ""Murder on the Orient Express"" first appeared as Crime Club books with huge sales. From 1939,"
"the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form. Many of Christie's stories first appeared in journals, newspapers and magazines. This list consists of the published collections of stories, in chronological order by UK publication date, even when the book was published first in the US or serialised in a magazine in advance of publication in book form. This list contains all short stories published by Agatha Christie in the UK or the US. A total of 165 stories have been written and published in 15 collections in the"
"The Secret Adversary 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 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $1.75. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over,"
"For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections below. The stories contained in ""The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories"" appear in the following UK collections: The Regatta Mystery The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1939. The first edition retailed at $2.00. The stories feature, with one exception (""In a Glass Darkly""), Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple or Parker Pyne, Christie's detectives. The collection was not published in the UK and was the first time a Christie book"
"Mary Roberts Rinehart Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1920. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase ""The butler did it"" from her novel ""The Door"" (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the ""Had-I-But-Known"" school of mystery writing, with the publication of ""The Circular Staircase"" (1908). Mary Roberts Rinehart was born Mary Ella Roberts in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, now a part of"
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. 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 and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921. ""Styles"" was Christie's first published novel. It introduced Hercule Poirot, Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp, and Arthur Hastings. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped"