Agatha the Great: Fans reveal why writer’s appeal is no mystery
Whodunnit? A twisting turning, country housing, red herring dropping, Orient Expressing, crucial clue concealing, mystery solving, queen of crime. That’s who. And she dunnit first
The novels of Agatha Christie, the late, great queen of crime, are allegedly only outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare and her fiction has inspired a slew of adaptations on big and small screens around the world.
Now – as A-list fans join an ITV documentary to mark the centenary of her most enduring literary creation, Hercule Poirot, The Sunday Post asks some expert fans about their favourite book by the writer, who died in 1976, and why her moustachioed detective has such a lasting cultural impact.
Agatha & Poirot, tomorrow, ITV, 9pm