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Agatha Christie

Born

in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom

September 15, 1890

Died

January 12, 1976

Website

https://www.agathachristie.com/en

Genre

Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Influences

Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Katherine Green, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Ch ...more

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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen ...more

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	And Then There Were None 4.27 avg rating — 1,700,563 ratings — published 1939 — 343 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 765,322 ratings — published 1934 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 533,185 ratings — published 1920 — 4153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 370,841 ratings — published 1926 — 234 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 321,750 ratings — published 1937 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 222,356 ratings — published 1930 — 527 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) 4.03 avg rating — 213,258 ratings — published 1936 — 278 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 134,791 ratings — published 1942 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 128,558 ratings — published 1924 — 765 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 126,253 ratings — published 1923 — 200 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Murder on the Orient Express (A Hercule Poirot Mystery) by Agatha Christie

In Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Poirot solves the murder but opts to NOT tell the police "whodunnit."

Should he have disclosed the culprit(s)?

No. Sometimes the victim is a worse criminal than the culprit.

14 votes, 82.4%

Yes! Justice is always the most important thing

3 votes, 17.6%

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