Dame Agatha Christie
Born	15 September 1890(1890-09-15) Torquay, Devon, England
Died	12 January 1976 (aged 85) Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation	Novelist
Genres	Murder mystery, Crime fiction
Literary movement	Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Influences Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton
Influenced Ruth Rendell, P. D. James
Official website http://www.agathachristie.com

Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Her works, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... This article is about the English town. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about work. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with mystery_fiction. ... ... The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of detective fiction in the 1920s and 30s (also see Golden Age). ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... Cover of The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... For the town of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire, see Chesterton (Cambridge). ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords, who writes as P. D. James. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... A crime writer (not a crime author) is an author of crime fiction. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... A romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Poirot redirects here. ... Joan Hickson as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in many Agatha Christie novels. ...

Christie has been called — by the Guinness Book of World Records, among others — the best-selling writer of books of all time and the best-selling writer of any kind, along with William Shakespeare. Only the Bible is known to have outsold her collected sales of roughly four billion copies of novels.^[1] UNESCO states that she is currently the most translated individual author in the world with only the collective corporate works of Walt Disney Productions surpassing her.^[2] Guinness World Records 2008 edition. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Walt Disney Productions is the former name of The Walt Disney Company, which it held from 1929 to 1986. ...

Her stage play, The Mousetrap, holds the record for the longest initial run in the world, opening at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952, and as of 2008 is still running after more than 23,000 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award, and in the same year, Witness for the Prosecution was given an Edgar Award by the MWA, for Best Play. Most of her books and short stories have been filmed, some many times over (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and 4.50 From Paddington for instance), and many have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics. For other uses, see mousetrap (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York. ... Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York. ... Witness for the Prosecution is a play adapted by Agatha Christie based upon her short story titled The Witness for the Prosecution. ... The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... This article is in need of attention. ... For other uses, see Murder on the Orient Express (disambiguation). ... Death on the Nile is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie published in 1936 featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... 4. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ...

In 1998, the control of the rights to most of the literary works of Agatha Christie passed to the company Chorion, when it purchased a majority 64% share in Agatha Christie Limited.^[3] Chorion is an entertainment company based in the United Kingdom. ...

Biography

A plaque from the Agatha Christie Mile at Torre Abbey in Torquay.

Agatha Christie was born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, Devon, to an American father and an English mother. She never claimed United States citizenship. Her father was Frederick Alvah Miller, a rich American stockbroker, and her mother was Clarissa Margaret Boehmer, the daughter of a British army captain^[4]. Christie had a sister, Margaret Frary Miller (1879 – 1950), called Madge, eleven years her senior, and a brother, Louis Montant Miller (1880 – 1929), called Monty, ten years older than Christie. Her father died when she was eleven years old. Her mother taught her at home, encouraging her to write at a very young age. At the age of 16, she went to Mrs Dryden's finishing school in Paris to study singing and piano.^[5] Image File history File linksMetadata Agatha_Christie_plaque_-Torre_Abbey. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Agatha_Christie_plaque_-Torre_Abbey. ... A blue plaque welcoming visitors to Torre Abbey Torre Abbey comprises of two Grade I listed buildings in Torquay. ... This article is about the English town. ... This article is about the English town. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Her first marriage, an unhappy one, was in 1914 to Colonel Archibald Christie, an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. The couple had one daughter, Rosalind Hicks. They divorced in 1928, two years after Agatha discovered her husband was having an affair. It was during this marriage that she published her first novel in 1920, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. For other uses, see Colonel (disambiguation). ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks (August 5, 1919 – October 28, 2004) was the only child of author Agatha Christie, and from the time of Christies death in 1976 worked to maintain and strengthen the reputation of her mother as a literary figure, and to protect the integrity of her works. ... The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ...

During World War I she worked at a hospital and then a pharmacy, a job that influenced her work; many of the murders in her books are carried out with poison. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Poison (disambiguation). ...

Disappearance

On 8 December 1926, while living in Sunningdale in Berkshire, Agatha disappeared for ten days, causing great interest in the press. Her car was found in a chalk pit in Newland's Corner, Surrey. is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the town. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Newlands Corner is an area of natural beauty near Guildford in Surrey, England. ... This article is about the English county. ...

She was eventually found at the Harrogate Hydro hotel^[6] under the name of the woman with whom her husband had recently admitted to having an affair. She had suffered a nervous breakdown and a fugue state caused by the death of her mother and her husband's infidelity. She could not recount any information as to her disappearance due to amnesia. Opinions are still divided as to whether this was a publicity stunt.^[7] Public sentiment at the time was negative, with many feeling that an alleged publicity stunt had cost the taxpayers a substantial amount of money. , Harrogate is a large town in North Yorkshire, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the New York City-based publisher, see Fugue State Press. ... The media itself often stage stunts for movies and television shows. ...

In 1930, Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Mallowan was 14 years younger than Christie, and a Roman Catholic, while she was of the Anglican faith. Their marriage was happy in the early years, and endured despite Mallowan's many affairs in later life, notably with Barbara Parker, whom he married in 1977, the year after Christie's death. For referencing in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. ... Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and was also (despite his Roman Catholicism) the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie, who was 14 years his senior. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... This box:      Anglicanism most commonly refers to the beliefs and practices of the Anglican Communion, a world-wide affiliation of Christian Churches, most of which have historical connections with the Church of England. ... Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and was also (despite his Roman Catholicism) the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie, who was 14 years his senior. ...

Christie's travels with Mallowan contributed background to several of her novels set in the Middle East. Other novels (such as And Then There Were None) were set in and around Torquay, Devon, where she was born. Christie's 1934 novel, Murder on the Orient Express was written in the Hotel Pera Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, the southern terminus of the railway. The hotel maintains Christie's room as a memorial to the author. The Greenway Estate in Devon, acquired by the couple as a summer residence in 1938, is now in the care of the National Trust. Christie often stayed at Abney Hall in Cheshire, which was owned by her brother-in-law, James Watts. She based at least two of her stories on the hall: The short story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding which is in the story collection of the same name and the novel After the Funeral. "Abney became Agatha's greatest inspiration for country-house life, with all the servants and grandeur which have been woven into her plots. The descriptions of the fictional Styles, Chimneys, Stoneygates and the other houses in her stories are mostly Abney in various forms."^[8] A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... For the video game, see Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. ... This article is about the English town. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Murder on the Orient Express (disambiguation). ... Hotel Pera Palace (Turkish: Hotel Pera Palas) is a historical four-star hotel located in the Tepebaşı neighborhood of BeyoÄŸlu (Pera) district in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ... Location of Istanbul on the Bosphorus Strait, Turkey Coordinates: , Country Turkey Region Province Istanbul Founded 667 BC as Byzantium Roman/Byzantine period AD 330 as Constantinople Ottoman period 1453 as Constantinople (internationally) and various other names in local languages Turkish Republic period 1923 as Constantinople, officially renamed as Istanbul in... Greenway is the name of Agatha Christies home in Devon, England. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... The north face of Abney Hall Abney Hall is a small early Victorian manor house and park in Cheadle, Cheshire, UK dating back from 1847. ... The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a book written by Agatha Christie and published near the christmas of 1960. ... After the Funeral is an Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot detective novel. ...

Agatha Christie's room at the Hotel Pera Palace, where she wrote Murder on the Orient Express.

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Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, at age 85, from natural causes, at Winterbrook House in the north of Cholsey parish, adjoining Wallingford in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). She is buried in the nearby St. Mary's Churchyard in Cholsey. is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Winterbrook in the civil parish of Cholsey is a small settlement in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), which adjoins the south end of Wallingford and sits on the west bank of the Thames. ... Cholsey is a large village in Oxfordshire, two miles from Wallingford. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Map sources for Wallingford at grid reference SU6089 Wallingford is a small town in Oxfordshire in southern England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...

Christie's only child, Rosalind Hicks, died on 28 October 2004, also aged 85, from natural causes. Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, was heir to the copyright to some of his grandmother's literary work (including The Mousetrap) and is still associated with Agatha Christie Limited. is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see mousetrap (disambiguation). ...

Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

Agatha Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in 1920 and introduced the long-running character detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of Christie's novels and 54 short stories. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ...

Her other well known character, Miss Marple, was introduced in The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930, and was based on Christie's grandmother. Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... The Murder at the Vicarage (published in 1930) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple. ...

During World War II, Christie wrote two novels intended as the last cases of these two great detectives, Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, respectively. They were Curtain and Sleeping Murder. Both books were sealed in a bank vault for over thirty years, and were released for publication by Christie only at the end of her life, when she realised that she could not write any more novels. These publications came on the heels of the success of the film version of Murder on the Orient Express in 1974. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Curtain: Poirots Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1975 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. ... Sleeping Murder is a novel by Agatha Christie. ... For other uses, see Murder on the Orient Express (disambiguation). ...

Like Arthur Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes, Christie was to become increasingly tired of her detective, Poirot. In fact, by the end of the 1930s, Christie confided to her diary that she was finding Poirot “insufferable”, and by the 1960s she felt that he was "an ego-centric creep". However, unlike Conan Doyle, Christie resisted the temptation to kill her detective off while he was still popular. She saw herself as an entertainer whose job was to produce what the public liked, and what the public liked was Poirot. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ...

In contrast, Christie was fond of Miss Marple. However it is interesting to note that the Belgian detective’s titles outnumber the Marple titles by more than two to one. This is largely because Christie wrote numerous Poirot novels early in her career, while The Murder at the Vicarage remained the sole Marple novel until the 1940s. The Murder at the Vicarage (published in 1930) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple. ...

Christie never wrote a novel or short story featuring both Poirot and Miss Marple.

Poirot is the only fictional character to have been given an obituary in The New York Times, following the publication of Curtain in 1975. The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

Following the great success of Curtain, Christie gave permission for the release of Sleeping Murder sometime in 1976, but died in January 1976 before the book could be released. This may explain some of the inconsistencies compared to the rest of the Marple series — for example, Colonel Arthur Bantry, husband of Miss Marple's friend, Dolly, is still alive and well in Sleeping Murder (which, like Curtain, was written in the 1940s) despite the fact he is noted as having died in books published earlier. It may be that Christie simply did not have time to revise the manuscript before she died. Miss Marple fared better than Poirot, since after solving the mystery in Sleeping Murder she returns home to her regular life in St. Mary Mead. Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... St. ...

On an edition of Desert Island Discs in 2007, Brian Aldiss recounted how Agatha Christie told him that she wrote her books up to the last chapter, and then decided who the most unlikely suspect was. She would then go back and make the necessary changes to "frame" that person. [2] Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ...

In popular culture

• Christie has been portrayed on a number of occasions in film and television:
  • By Vanessa Redgrave in the 1979 film Agatha
  • By Hilda Gobbi in a 1980 Hungarian film, Kojak Budapesten
  • By Peggy Ashcroft in a 1986 TV play, Murder by the Book
  • By Esme Lambert in The Dead Zone episode "Unreasonable Doubt", transmitted on July 14, 2002.
  • By Olivia Williams in a 2004 BBC television programme entitled Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
  • By Aya Sugimoto in a 2006 episode of a Japanese television series called Hyakunin no Ijin in 2006.
  • By Fenella Woolgar in "The Unicorn and the Wasp", a 2008 episode in the BBC television series Doctor Who (which puts a fanciful spin on the reason behind her 1926 disappearance)
  • By Michelle Trout in the film Lives and Deaths of the Poets (2009).
  • The play Murder By Indecision parodies Christie with the character Agatha Crispy.

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List of works

Novels

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... The Secret Adversary (published in 1922) is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. ... Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie. ... Murder on the Links (published in 1923) murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The Man in the Brown Suit (published in 1924) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... Colonel Race is a fictional character created by British mystery novelist Agatha Christie. ... The Secret of Chimneys is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie in 1925. ... Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. ... The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (published in 1926) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... The Big Four (published in 1927) is a detective fiction novel written by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... The Mystery of the Blue Train (published in 1928) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her detective Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... The Seven Dials Mystery (published in 1929) is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie. ... Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. ... The Murder at the Vicarage (published in 1930) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple. ... Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... The Sittaford Mystery is a murder mystery novel written by Agatha Christie that is also known as Murder At Hazelmoor. ... Peril at End House (1932) is a whodunnit novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her famous character Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... Lord Edgware Dies (published in 1933), also known as Thirteen at Dinner, is a murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... For other uses, see Murder on the Orient Express (disambiguation). ... Poirot redirects here. ... Why Didnt They Ask Evans? (published in 1934), also known as The Boomerang Clue, is a murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie. ... Bobby Jones can refer to different people: Bobby Jones: a golf player Bobby J. Jones: a baseball player Bobby M. Jones: a baseball player Bobby Jones: a basketball player Bobby Jones: a gospel singer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the... Three Act Tragedy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1934 under the title of Murder in Three Acts and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1935 under Christies original title. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Death in the Clouds is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1935 under the title of Death in the Air and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in the July of the same year under... Poirot redirects here. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... Murder in Mesopotamia (published in 1936) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Cards on the Table (published in 1936) is a whodunit mystery novel by Agatha Christie. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Colonel Race is a fictional character created by British mystery novelist Agatha Christie. ... Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. ... Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. ... Dumb Witness (published in 1937) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christies Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. ... Death on the Nile is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie published in 1936 featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Colonel Race is a fictional character created by British mystery novelist Agatha Christie. ... For the Lizzy Borden album , see Appointment With Death. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Hercule Poirots Christmas (published in 1938), also known as Murder for Christmas and A Holiday for Murder, is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Murder is Easy (published in 1939) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel. ... Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. ... For the video game, see Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. ... Sad Cypress (published in 1940) is a crime novel, written by Agatha Christie, featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. ... Poirot redirects here. ... One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1940 and in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1941 under the title of The Patriotic Murders. ... Poirot redirects here. ... The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... Maggie Smith Evil Under the Sun (published in 1941) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, and a 1982 film based upon the novel. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie. ... The Body in the Library (published in 1942) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the elderly detective Miss Marple. ... Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... Five Little Pigs (published in 1942), also known as Murder in Retrospect, is one of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot mysteries. ... Poirot redirects here. ... The Moving Finger (published in 1942) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the elderly detective Miss Marple. ... Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... Towards Zero (published in 1943), is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. ... Death Comes as the End (published in 1944), is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... Sparkling Cyanide (published in 1945), also known as Remembered Death is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... Colonel Race is a fictional character created by British mystery novelist Agatha Christie. ... For other uses, see Hollow. ... Poirot redirects here. ... There is a Tide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Poirot redirects here. ... Crooked House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1949 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in May of the same year. ... A Murder is Announced is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1950 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. ... 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Collections of short stories

In addition to her novels Christie wrote and published 160 short stories in her career. Almost all of these were written for publication in fiction magazines with over half of them first appearing in the 1920s. They were then published in book form in various collections, some of which were identical in the UK and US (e.g., The Labours of Hercules) and others where publication took place in one market but not the other.

Twelve of the stories which were published in The Sketch magazine in 1924 under the sub-heading of The Man who was No. 4 were further joined into one continuous narrative in the novel The Big Four in 1927. Four further stories, The Submarine Plans (1923), Christmas Adventure (1923), The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (1932) and The Second Gong (1932), were expanded into longer narratives by Christie (respectively The Incredible Theft, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest and Dead Man's Mirror although the shorter versions of all four have also been published in the UK). Poirots Early Cases is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie late in her career. ... The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a book written by Agatha Christie and published near the christmas of 1960. ... The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding is a book written by Agatha Christie and published near the christmas of 1960. ...

Only one short story remains unpublished in the UK in book form: Three Blind Mice (1948) on which a Christie placed a moratorium whilst the stage play based on the story, The Mousetrap, was still running in the West End.

In the US, the stories The Incredible Theft and Christmas Adventure have not been published in book form.

The main collections in both markets are:

• 1924 Poirot Investigates (short stories: eleven in the UK, fourteen in the US)
• 1929 Partners in Crime (fifteen short stories; featuring Tommy and Tuppence)
• 1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin (twelve short stories; introducing Mr. Harley Quin)
• 1932 The Thirteen Problems (thirteen short stories; featuring Miss Marple, also known as The Tuesday Club Murders in the US)
• 1933 The Hound of Death (twelve short stories - UK only)
• 1934 The Listerdale Mystery (twelve short stories - UK only)
• 1934 Parker Pyne Investigates (twelve short stories; introducing Parker Pyne and Ariadne Oliver, also known as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective in the US)
• 1937 Murder in the Mews (four novella-length stories; featuring Hercule Poirot, also known as Dead Man's Mirror in the US)
• 1939 The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
• 1947 The Labours of Hercules (twelve short stories; featuring Hercule Poirot)
• 1948 The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (eleven short stories - US only)
• 1950 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
• 1951 The Under Dog and Other Stories (nine short stories - US only)
• 1960 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (six short stories - UK only)
• 1961 Double Sin and Other Stories (eight short stories - US only)
• 1971 The Golden Ball and Other Stories (fifteen short stories - US only)
• 1974 Poirot's Early Cases (eighteen short stories, also known as Hercule Poirot's Early Cases in the US)
• 1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (eight short stories - UK only)
• 1991 Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (eight short stories - UK only)
• 1997 The Harlequin Tea Set (nine short stories - US only)
• 1997 While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (nine short stories - UK only)

In addition, various collections have been published over the years which re-print short stories which have previously appeared in other collections e.g. Surprise, Surprise! (1965 in the US). On occasion, in among the reprinted material, these collections have sometimes contained the first book printing of an individual story e.g. The Market Basing Mystery in the UK version of Thirteen for Luck! (1966) which later appeared in the same market in Poirot's Early Cases. Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. ... Partners in Crime is a 1929 short story collection written by Agatha Christie. ... The Mysterious Mr. ... The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection written by Agatha Chri