Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time.
She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play – The Mousetrap.
Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation.
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She has written multiple regular characters like Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Tommy & Tuppence.
Each character has their own little logo to identify those books.
A summary of Poirot, according to the Agatha Christie website:
The world-renowned Belgian private detective, unsurpassed in his intelligence and understanding of the criminal mind, respected and admired by police forces and heads of state across the globe.
Famous as much for his magnificent moustaches as his little grey cells.
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A summary of Miss Marple, according to the Agatha Christie website:
The sweet little old lady from St Mary Mead with an uncanny knack for solving crimes that baffle the police.
Her seemingly sheltered village life in fact provides a microcosm of human nature that forms the basis of her intuitive deductions.
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A summary of Tommy & Tuppence, according to the Agatha Christie website:
The two young sleuths who, jobless and restless after the end of World War I, set up the Young Adventurers Ltd and consequently get mixed up with thefts, murders and international spies.
The only characters in the Christie canon to age and live their lives in real time.
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