CHRISTIE, Agatha

Crooked house

Three generations of the family of the Greek millionaire Aristide Leonides live together in England under the same roof: a huge and eccentric mansion with a crooked structure known as the “Crooked House.”...

And Then There Were None

The book constitutes one of Agatha Christie's most emblematic works, as she is regarded as a master of mystery. The novel stands out for its ingenious structure and its atmosphere of growing tension. The...

The clocks

The story begins with a disturbing discovery: the body of an unknown man appears in the living room of a house, surrounded by clocks that show a time different from the actual one, and four of them do not...

A Pocket Full of Rye

Considered by many as one of Agatha’s most refined and complex novels, it offers an impeccable showcase of the author’s talent for weaving intrigues where the everyday becomes sinister. Starring Miss Marple...

Elephants can remember

One of the last novels that Agatha Christie wrote featuring the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as the protagonist. Although it is chronologically set at the end of her literary career, the work not...

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s most iconic novels, starring the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He is traveling from Istanbul to Paris aboard the Orient Express. He senses...

The Mousetrap

The plot focuses on the experiences lived by eight people; they are in a guest house, unable to go out because of the snow. The news reports a crime committed in London, of which they are all suspected of...

An autobiography

The book came to light as a posthumous work and is perhaps the least known of the author; named "the Queen of Crime" because she wrote more than 80 mystery novels; she has been the most published of all...

They came to Baghdad

In the present case, rather than a novel of the detective genre (the one most cultivated by the author), we are dealing with a spy novel. Victoria Jones, the protagonist, travels to Baghdad following Edward...

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case

The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings in their final appearances in Christie's works. It is a country house novel, with all the characters and the murder set in one house. Not only does the...