'You yearned for a "good violent murder with lots of blood". So this is your special story - written for you.' Agatha Christie
'There is irresistible simplicity and buoyancy of a Christmas treat about it all' Times Literary Supplement
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.