THE QUEEN OF

CRIME

(15 September 1890

– 12 January 1976)

She was a British

crime writer of

novels, short stories,

and plays.

Christie is the best-

selling writer of

books of all time.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Travelling on the Orient Express,

afraid that someone plans to kill

him, Ratchett asks Poirot for

help. Sadly, the next

day Ratchett is found dead in his

cabin. Poirot must find out

Ratchett’s identity and discover

which of his fellow passengers

murdered him.

Linnet Ridgeway and Simon

Doyle are stalked by

Simon’s furious ex, Jackie.

She follows them on their

honeymoon to Egypt, on a

cruiser along the Nile.

Hercule Poirot starts an

investigation when Linnet

is found dead - shot while

she was asleep.

Invalided home from the First

World War, Lieutenant Hastings

finds himself in a

convalescent. His old friend

John Cavendish invites him to

spend some time at his family

home. When Mrs Inglethorpe

is found poisoned a murder

investigation begins, and who

better to investigate than

Hercule Poirot.

…In Agatha’s stories

He’s a Belgian

detective.

He appears in many

of Agatha’s works:

In 33 novels and 51

short stories

published between

1920 and 1975.

She is one of the most famous of Christie's characters.She’s an old woman and works as a detective.