Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
What more...can a mystery addict desire? -- New York Times Need it be said--the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end. -- Times Literary Supplement (London) Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion scatterer and diverter in the business. -- New York Herald Tribune