Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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Why do we still love the 'cosy crime' of Agatha Christie?". The Independent. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019 . Retrieved 16 November 2019.

Christie's Life: 1925–1928 A Difficult Start". The Home of Agatha Christie. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015 . Retrieved 12 February 2017.Christie did not limit herself to quaint English villages–the action might take place on a small island ( And Then There Were None), an aeroplane ( Death in the Clouds), a train ( Murder on the Orient Express), a steamship ( Death on the Nile), a smart London flat ( Cards on the Table), a resort in the West Indies ( A Caribbean Mystery), or an archaeological dig ( Murder in Mesopotamia)–but the circle of potential suspects is usually closed and intimate: family members, friends, servants, business associates, fellow travellers. [123] :37 Stereotyped characters abound (the femme fatale, the stolid policeman, the devoted servant, the dull colonel), but these may be subverted to stymie the reader; impersonations and secret alliances are always possible. [123] :58 There is always a motive–most often, money: "There are very few killers in Christie who enjoy murder for its own sake." [14] :379,396 Larsen, Gaylord (1990). Dorothy and Agatha: A Mystery Novel. New York City; London: Dutton. ISBN 978-0-525-24865-1 . Retrieved 23 June 2020. In late February 2014, media reports stated that the BBC had acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK (previously associated with ITV) and made plans with Acorn's co-operation to air new productions for the 125th anniversary of Christie's birth in 2015. [99] As part of that deal, the BBC broadcast Partners in Crime [100] and And Then There Were None, [101] both in 2015. [102] Subsequent productions have included The Witness for the Prosecution [103] but plans to televise Ordeal by Innocence at Christmas 2017 were delayed because of controversy surrounding one of the cast members. [104] The three-part adaptation aired in April 2018. [105] A three-part adaptation of The A.B.C. Murders starring John Malkovich and Rupert Grint began filming in June 2018 and was first broadcast in December 2018. [106] [107] A two-part adaptation of The Pale Horse was broadcast on BBC1 in February 2020. [108] Death Comes as the End will be the next BBC adaptation. [109]

About Agatha Christie Limited". The Home of Agatha Christie. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021 . Retrieved 18 April 2020. a b Mills, Selina (15 September 2008). "Dusty clues to Christie unearthed". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012 . Retrieved 29 April 2020. The History". The Mousetrap. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019 . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Thallium poisoning in fact and in fiction". The Pharmaceutical Journal. 277: 648. 25 November 2006. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019 . Retrieved 6 September 2019. Many of Christie's works from 1940 onward have titles drawn from literature, with the original context of the title typically printed as an epigraph. [148] Adams, Cecil (2 April 1982), "Why did mystery writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappear?", The Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 18 September 2008 , retrieved 19 May 2008 a b Flood, Alison (2 September 2015). "And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017 . Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Special Stamps to commemorate Agatha Christie – the biggest-selling novelist of all time". rmspecialstamps. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Vervel, Marc (2022). " 'Mystery' Beyond Reason: Mr. Quin, a Revealer of the Powers of Fiction According to Agatha Christie?" (PDF). Clues: A Journal of Detection. 40 (2): 39-48 . Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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Adams, Amanda (2010), Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, ISBN 978-1-55365-433-9 . Where Are They Now?". Penguin. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. The original Gone Girl: Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance". The Independent . Retrieved 17 September 2022. Scott, Sutherland (1953). Blood in Their Ink. London: Stanley Paul. Cited in Fitzgibbon (1980). p. 19. Chandler, Raymond (1950). "The Simple Art of Murder: An Essay". The Simple Art of Murder. Houghton Mifflin Company. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

Agatha Christie and Archaeology". Special Collections. Newcastle University. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020 . Retrieved 28 April 2020. Flood, Alison (15 September 2016). "New Agatha Christie stamps deliver hidden clues". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 . Retrieved 10 April 2020.Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE ( née Miller; 15September 1890– 12January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952. A writer during the " Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.