A Carribean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Mystery, Agatha Christie, Fiction

Unknown Binding

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

[Meg Gavilanez-Erickson · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's always a murder, even when she's on vacation! lol

[Saralyn McMorris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the Caribbean setting. Agatha Christie does mysteries well. Loved Miss Marple in this book and I was glad she got a little vacation.

[Sylvia JS · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best Ms. Marple. Entertaining, but the plot is a bit far-fetched, and the end is definitely hard to believe (spoiler: the husband kills a guest thinking it's his wife he's killing...).
Bah! This won't stop me from reading the 3 more Ms. Marple books I have on my shelf!

[StephenWoolf · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Jyotsna Nag · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first Agatha Christie mystery and I had NO complaints. Couldn't guess the killer till the end!

Loved it, and now I'm gonna read all of her books.

[Harry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe a litle overboard on repeating Marple's characteristics but a good mystery that naturally I failed to predict.

[Umayeer · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5. I wasn't enjoying at first but by the end I was won over.