![]() ![]() During the Second World War, Christie worked in the pharmacy at University College Hospital in London, where she learned extensive details about various different kinds of poisons that eventually made it into several of her books. Her life was as full of mystery and intrigue as her stories her 11-day disappearance in 1926, following the breakdown of her first marriage, has led to speculation ever since, particularly as she never spoke about it again. The best-selling author of all time - only the Bible and Shakespeare have sold more copies - wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as several plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play ever. ![]() ![]() It also contains some discussion of domestic abuse in Taken at the Flood.Īgatha Christie is known as the Queen of Crime for a reason. This post contains spoilers for The Hollow, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, A Murder is Announced, Murder on the Orient Express, The Witness for the Prosecution, Curtain, Taken at the Flood, Passenger to Frankfurt, and The Big Four. ![]()
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