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Agatha Christie: what made the world’s bestselling author so successful? Here’s a clue

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Agatha Christie (1890-1976). The event itself, on January 12, was marked by a flurry of media coverage across the world, and academic experts were sought for comment. The chief question being: why is Christie the bestselling author of all time?

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Best Agatha Christie books to read that spin a classic mystery yarn

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Evening Standard

Top 10 elderly heroines in fiction

Old women in novels have too often been malign or feeble, but fiercer and more vital senior citizens can be found in authors from Agatha Christie to Elizabeth Strout

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Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley; Marple: Twelve New Stories – review

With a keen historian’s eye, Lucy Worsley pieces together the queen of crime’s life, work and misunderstood episode of mental illness, while Val McDermid, Natalie Haynes and others put a fresh spin on Miss Marple

The Guardian - UK

‘Feminist icon’ Miss Marple returns in 12 new authorised mystery stories

Agatha Christie’s detective faces a dozen fresh cases in newly commissioned work by authors including Val McDermid, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse and Natalie Haynes

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