“The Secret Adversary” by Agatha Christie, is her second published work after “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” and like the later it first...
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Considered as queen of mysteries (or queen of crime), Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British writer who authored books, short stores and plays. A very few people know that she wrote 6 romantic novels under the pen name – Mary Westmacott. But she is better know for her 66 crime stories. For her notable work in the genre like Murder mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Detective was adapted into movies, plays, animation, video games across various countries. She portrayed on a number of occasions in film and television and there are several biographical stuff about her was prepared as well.
Agatha Christie is the most-translated individual author, and her books have 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 (which was adapted into various movies and influence some more movies too).
Agatha Christie’s stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952 and as of 2012 is still running after more than 25,000 performances.
Here is a collection of review articles about various work by Agatha Christie (and some of the adaptations / influences of her work).
“The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” by Agatha Christie, first published in 1926, is one of her most widely read masterpieces featuring Hercule Poirot and has been...
“Dead Man’s Folly” featuring Hercule Poirot was first published in 1956 and is a typical Agatha Christie work with a web of mystery involving death of a...
“The Mysterious Affair at Styles”, written in 1916 and published in 1921, is the first work by Agatha Christie. Yes, the literary journey of one of the most...
“Nemesis” is the last adventure of Miss Marple written by Agatha Christie and first published in 1971, wherein she is charged with a task to set free an...
The idea of a dead body in the library was a typical of a detective story in the early twentieth century and Ms Christie presents it here as a “Variation...
