Agatha Christie remains the most widely read novelist in history, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Known as the “Queen of Crime,” she transformed detective fiction from pulp entertainment into a global art form. Her tightly constructed plots, eccentric sleuths, and elegant prose made murder an intellectual puzzle as much as a narrative shock.Continue reading “Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime and the Enduring Spell of Hercule Poirot”
