She has sold more books than any other novelist, period. With about 4 billion sold she only trails Shakespeare and the Bible in the standings for the world's most published book. With Agatha Christie at Home, Hilary Macaskill gives us a tour of the homes Christie lived in throughout her life, with special emphasis on her home in Greenway in the Devon countryside which provided consistent inspiration for her work and "became the repository of her life." Greenway, now owned by the National Trust, was opened to the public in 2009. The library at Greenway Christie doing a little touch-up...
Season’s Mystery Readings
First published in 1941 by Penguin Books (UK). Shown here is the 1954 Penguin Books paperback edition. What would make this cover even more perfect would be to see the hint of a large abominable snowman peering over the spine. ::From Chocolate Cobwebs A 1944 White Circle version of the same mystery. Artist unknown.::From UK VintageA Dell mystery classic by Rufus King, with equally classic cover art by George Gregg. ::From UK VintageA 1952 Pocket Book No. 901 by Howard Rigsby. Someone is not going to have a good holiday. Cover art by George Mayers.::From UK VintageAn outstanding 1942 Norman Saunders cover...
Christie’s Poison Pen Inspires Garden
A Plaque Honoring Agatha Christie At Torre Abbey.It is a quiet killer. Portable, difficult to detect, easy to use, and you can grow it right in your own backyard. We're talking poison. A favorite weapon of the fair sex, enabling even the daintiest femme fatale to dispatch a hulking muscleman twice her size. Perhaps this is why the queen of mystery writers, Agatha Christie, was so partial to it: poison is the method of choice for murderers in nearly half of her 66 detective novels, and in many of her 100 short stories.Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon.Christie herself said in They...