Superintendent Battle is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie. He appears as a detective in the following novels: A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 â 12 January 1976), better known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ...
Battle is notable for his stolid good sense, and he relies in part on the appearance of being a stupid or unimaginative police officer as a means to investigating his cases. Until Towards Zero the reader knows nothing of his domestic arrangements, but in this novel we learn that he has a wife and five children, the youngest of whom (Sylvia) unwittingly provides a key clue to the mystery. The Secret of Chimneys is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie in 1925. ... The Seven Dials Mystery (published in 1929) is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie. ... Cards on the Table (published in 1936) is a whodunit mystery novel by Agatha Christie. ... now. ... Ariadne Oliver is a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie. ... Murder is Easy (published in 1939) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel. ... Towards Zero (published in 1943), is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ...
Battle also has a secret professional life that is revealed in the denouement to The Seven Dials Mystery, but this is never referred to again. He is many respects typical of Christie's police officers, being (like Inspector Japp), more careful and intelligent than the policemen of early detective fiction, who had served only as foils for the brilliance of the amateur sleuth. The detective denouement is a variant on the literary denouement common to mystery stories. ... Chief Inspector Japp is a fictional character of Scotland Yard appearing in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...