The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (1923)Īn urgent cry for help from South American millionaire brings Hercule Poirot to the town of Mérinville in France. It’s definitely one of the best books by Agatha Christie!Īdd to Cart: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible 3. Can they get the job done and solve the case? The story is fantastically drafted, fast-paced and action packed. The couple’s first job sends them into a slew of dangerous situations involving international spies, the wreck of the Lusitania, and a criminal known as Mr. They are looking for jobs after the Great War and randomly decide to embark on a daring business scheme ‘The Young Adventurers’. Tommy and Tuppence are two young spies of the British government, tied by a deep feeling but above all by the ability to understand and complete each other.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (1922)Īgatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary is the first book in the Tommy and Tuppence mystery series. Everyone has a motive here, red herrings run rampant, and only endearing Poirot has the mind designed to untangle the lies from the truth.Īdd to Cart: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible 2. It’s a classic, murder mystery with lots of intrigues and uncertainty. The two men get caught up in a murder investigation when the woman hosting Hastings-the same woman who sponsored Poirot’s leave of Belgium-is found poisoned in her bed.
Poirot, the slightly arrogant and ever-watchful Belgian refugee during the Great War, happens to be staying in the same village as his old friend, Arthur Hastings, a soldier on sick leave. The plot marks the appearance of its most famous character, the Belgian mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot, who would return 32 times more in her later literary works. And thus came the author’s first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published three years later. 1n 1917, Christie’s sister Madge challenged her to create a police plot. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)Īgatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, resulted from a dare. Here are all the best books by Agatha Christie in order for the fans of crime and mystery genres. Ī revolutionary woman at that time, Agatha Christie has managed to create something unforgettable that, even years later, she is still read and ‘recounted’ as one of the greatest writers in the world. Her play The Mousetrap also remained on the poster for 26,113 continuous performances, thus holding the record for Longest theatrical run. In addition, she also wrote more than two dozen plays, and six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In her career, Christie wrote more than 90 books among them were sixty six novels and fourteen short story books, many of which involved her fictional detectives: Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Her other recurring characters include the couple Tommy and Tuppence, Captain Arthur Hastings, Superintendent Battle, Inspector Japp and others.