The Official Poirot Puzzle Book: Put your little grey cells to the ultimate test this Christmas

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Mystery

256 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2025

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great. Most of the puzzles are very fun. A few of them has mistakes in a way that you can never get to the right answer. A very few puzzles have "wrong" clues which won't really lead you to answers. But most of the puzzles would exercise your brain just the right amount. The cryptic crosswords were indeed very fun. And other spelling-related games too.

[Emma Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great puzzle book running through a selection of Poirot's greatest hits. The puzzles were a good range of difficulty and engaging. One of the puzzles had a few printing errors but apart from that, a good puzzle book.

[Lauren Schwarzentraub · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much fun! I especially love the cryptic crosswords! Can't wait for the next one.