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Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short-story writer and playwright. Her reputation rests on 66 detective novels and 15 short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies, an amount surpassed only by the Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. [ 1 ] She is also the most translated individual author in ...
The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932 [ 1 ] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [ 1 ] and the US edition at $2. ...
Joan Acocella writing in The New Yorker In 2011, Christie was named by the digital crime drama TV channel Alibi as the second most financially successful crime writer of all time in the United Kingdom, after James Bond author Ian Fleming, with total earnings around £ 100 million. In 2012, Christie was among the people selected by the artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most ...
Preceded by. A Murder Is Announced. Followed by. They Came to Baghdad. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1950. [1] The first edition retailed at $2.50. [1]
The Seven Dials Mystery is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. [2][3] In this novel, Christie brings back the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent ...
Ordeal by Innocence. Ordeal by Innocence is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 3 November 1958 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. [2][3] The UK edition retailed at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) [1] and the US edition at $2.95 ...
Cards on the Table. Cards on the Table is a detective fiction novel by the English author Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1936 [2] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. [3][4] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [5] and the US edition at $2.00.
The Harlequin Tea Set. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories is a short story collection by Agatha Christie published in the UK only in November 1991 by HarperCollins. It was not published in the US but all the stories contained within it had previously been published in American volumes. It retailed at £13.99.