My point is that Hercule Poirot-who Christie herself once called a “detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”-still gets most of the spotlight. She is still arguably the most beloved woman detective in literature. Now, before you start to feel bad for Jane Marple, remember when I say not as many people read her books, they have still sold millions of copies. In fact, almost every one of Christie’s most popular books features Poirot. The first is a stand-alone mystery suspense novel, and the latter features her most famous character, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It stands to reason-they are two of her three best-selling books. Recently, I was discussing my love of mystery author Agatha Christie with several other well-read Christie fans, and we discovered that the first Christie mystery novel we read was either And Then There Were None or Murder on the Orient Express.
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