Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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 over 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
<p>‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson</p>
<p>‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor</p>
<p>‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis</p>
<p>‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci</p>
<p>‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James</p>
<p>‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana French</p>
Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests. There are worse places for Canon Pennyfather to find himself stranded than Bertram’s Hotel.
But when he gets his dates in a muddle and attempts to travel to Lucerne a day too late, he unwittingly sets off a violent chain of events.
And Miss Marple is convinced there is more going on than meets the eye.
Never underestimate Miss Marple
‘Agatha Christie inspired me, aged eleven, to write my own murder mystery set in a country village. I can’t remember much of the plot (think the vicar did it) but Christie has been inspiring me ever since.’
Elly Griffiths
‘Brilliant.’
Guardian
• A new series of Agatha Christie mass market editions, stylishly repackaged based on new market research, and designed to bring the books to a wider readership.
• Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again
• Major marketing campaign behind these new Agatha Christie editions.
Competition: death on the nile;the;body in the library;at bertram’s hotel;nemesis;thursday murder club;tuesday club murders;midwinter murder;marple: twelve new stories. by;sophie hannah;val mcdermid;richard osman;kate mosse;dreda say mitchell;lucy foley;elly griffiths;jean kwok;natalie haynes;karen mcmanus
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
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 over 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