Agatha Christie

She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. The literary attempts and the First World War: 1910–1919.Styles manuscript was not accepted by such publishing companies started in the City financial sector at a relatively low salary, though they still employed a maid Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was always happy, continuing until Christie's death in 1976.Agatha Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in 1920 and introduced the long-running character detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of Christie's novels and 54 short stories.Agatha Christie used to enthral her guests with night-time readings of her unfinished adept at creating games to keep herself occupied

1920 The Mysterious Affair at Styles Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Inspector Japp

1922 The Secret Adversary Tommy and Tuppence

1923 The Murder on the Links Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Monsieur Giraud

1924 The Man in the Brown Suit Colonel Race

Anne Beddingfeld

1925 The Secret of Chimneys Superintendent Battle

Anthony Cade

1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Hercule Poirot

Inspector Raglan

1927 The Big Four Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Inspector Japp

1928 The Mystery of the Blue Train Hercule Poirot

1929 The Seven Dials Mystery Superintendent Battle

Eileen "Bundle" Brent

1930 The Murder at the Vicarage Miss Marple

Inspector Slack

1931 The Sittaford Mystery

also Murder at Hazelmoor Emily Trefusis

Inspector Narracott

1932 Peril at End House Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Inspector Japp

1933 Lord Edgware Dies

also Thirteen at Dinner Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Inspector Japp

1934 Murder on the Orient Express

also Murder in the Calais Coach Hercule Poirot

1934 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

also The Boomerang Clue Bobby Jones

Frankie Derwent

1935 Three Act Tragedy

also Murder in Three Acts Hercule Poirot

Mr. Satterthwaite

1935 Death in the Clouds

also Death in the Air Hercule Poirot

Inspector Japp

1936 The A.B.C. Murders

also The Alphabet Murders Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp

1936 Murder in Mesopotamia Hercule Poirot

Captain Maitland, Dr. Reilly

1936 Cards on the Table Hercule Poirot

Colonel Race, Superintendent Battle, Ariadne Oliver

1937 Dumb Witness

also Poirot Loses a Client/Mystery at Littlegreen House Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings

1937 Death on the Nile Hercule Poirot

Colonel Race

1938 Appointment with Death Hercule Poirot

1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas

also Murder for Christmas/A Holiday for Murder Hercule Poirot

1939 Murder is Easy

also Easy to Kill Superintendent Battle

Luke Fitzwilliam

1939 Ten Little Niggers

also And Then There Were None/Ten Little Indians

Sir Thomas Legge

Inspector Maine

1940 Sad Cypress Hercule Poirot

1940 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

also An Overdose of Death/The Patriotic Murders Hercule Poirot

Chief Inspector Japp

1941 Evil Under the Sun Hercule Poirot

Colonel Weston, Inspector Colgate

1941 N or M? Tommy and Tuppence

1942 The Body in the Library Miss Marple

Inspector Slack

1942 Five Little Pigs

also Murder in Retrospect Hercule Poirot

1942 The Moving Finger

also The Case of the Moving Finger Miss Marple

1944 Towards Zero

also Come and Be Hanged Superintendent Battle

Inspector James Leach

1944 Death Comes as the End Hori

1945 Sparkling Cyanide

also Remembered Death Colonel Race

Chief Inspector Kemp

1946 The Hollow

also Murder After Hours Hercule Poirot

Inspector Grange

1948 Taken at the Flood

also There is a Tide... Hercule Poirot

1949 Crooked House Charles Hayward

Chief Inspector Taverner

1950 A Murder is Announced Miss Marple

Chief Inspector Craddock

1951 They Came to Baghdad Victoria Jones

1952 Mrs McGinty's Dead

also Blood Will Tell Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver

1952 They Do It with Mirrors

also Murder with Mirrors Miss Marple

Inspector Curry

1953 After the Funeral

also Funerals are Fatal Hercule Poirot

Inspector Morton, Mr. Goby

1953 A Pocket Full of Rye Miss Marple

1954 Destination Unknown

also So Many Steps to Death Mr. Jessop, Captain Leblanc

1955 Hickory Dickory Dock

also Hickory Dickory Death Hercule Poirot

Inspector Sharpe

1956 Dead Man's Folly Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver

1957 4.50 from Paddington

also What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!/Murder She Said Miss Marple

Chief Inspector Craddock

1958 Ordeal by Innocence Arthur Calgary

Superintendent Huish

1959 Cat Among the Pigeons Hercule Poirot

Inspector Kelsey, Adam Goodman

1961 The Pale Horse Inspector Lejeune

Ariadne Oliver, Mark Easterbrook

1962 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

also The Mirror Crack'd Miss Marple

Chief Inspector Craddock

1963 The Clocks Hercule Poirot

Det. Inspector Hardcastle, Colin Lamb

1964 A Caribbean Mystery Miss Marple

1965 At Bertram's Hotel Miss Marple

Chief Inspector Fred "Father" Davy

1966 Third Girl Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver, Chief Inspector Neele, Mr. Goby

1967 Endless Night Sergeant Keene

1968 By the Pricking of My Thumbs Tommy and Tuppence

1969 Hallowe'en Party Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver

1970 Passenger to Frankfurt Stafford Nye

1971 Nemesis Miss Marple

1972 Elephants Can Remember Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver

1973 Postern of Fate

Last novel Christie wrote Tommy and Tuppence

1975 Curtain

Poirot's last case, written about 35 years earlier. Hercule Poirot

Arthur Hastings

1976 Sleeping Murder

Miss Marple's last case, written about 35 years earlier Miss Marple