The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.īefore marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches.
She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.Īgatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. “The characters are as good as ever and there is plenty of entertainment.Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. “The Christie fan of longest standing, who thinks he knows every one of her tricks, will still be surprised by some of the twists here.” “When it comes to fiendish plotting, there’s nobody to compare with Agatha Christie.” Unknown to Poirot, however, desperation is a motive he shares with a killer. It seems an outbreak of kleptomania at the student hostel in which her sister works is distracting his usually efficient assistant.ĭeciding that desperate times call for desperate measures, the great detective agrees to investigate.
Hercule Poirot doesn’t need all his detective skills to realize something is troubling his secretary, Miss Lemon-she has made three mistakes in a simple letter. In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a most unusual series of crimes at a student hostel intrigues Inspector Hercule Poirot, especially when a simple case of kleptomania paves the way to murder.
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