| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13 | 9780007527526 |
| No of pages | 368 |
| Book Publisher | i-Read Publications |
| Published Date | 02 Nov 2023 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-13 | 9780007527526 |
| No of pages | 368 |
| Book Publisher | i-Read Publications |
| Published Date | 02 Nov 2023 |
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the bestselling novelist in history.
Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes.
She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries.
She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a detective novel by the British writer Agatha Christie, her third to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The novel was published in the UK in June 1926 by William Collins, Sons, having previously been serialised as Who Killed Ackroyd? between July and September 1925 in the London Evening News. An American edition by Dodd, Mead and Company followed in 1926.
The novel was well-received from its first publication, and has been called Christie's masterpiece. In 2013, the British Crime Writers' Association voted it the best crime novel ever. It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial books, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre. Howard Haycraft included it in his list of the most influential crime novels ever written.