![]() ![]() The short story became a novel and before it was even finished, I knew I was writing a series. It was a present for my father’s birthday. ![]() I never intended to write crime fiction, but in between historical novels, one summer I wrote a short story set in 1951 in Brighton. Every novel is an exercise in cracking a puzzle. But what makes Christie’s books different is her control of the story and her sense of intrigue. Later, I would catch the same tone of voice in the work of DE Stevenson and Dot Allan, among others. Like many mid-20th century female writers, she is highly readable. The joy of Christie is her accessibility. At home I checked her out in the adult section of the library, to which I’d recently graduated from the children’s section and for several months I read just about everything she had written. I had no idea who she was and remember wondering if she’d written anything else. I was about 12 when I first read an Agatha Christie novel – it was on the bookshelf in a holiday house we were staying in. Sara is the author of the Mirabelle Bevan series, The Secret Mandarin and The Ice Maiden. First up on the Twelve Days of Christiemas (not sorry) is Sara Sheridan. There will be a range of posts from reviews to guest posts, all celebrating the doyenne of crime fiction. From today until Christmas Eve, I will be having a post every day focussing on Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie is famous the world over for her crime fiction, from stand alone novels to the eponymous Poirot and Marple with only the Bible and Shakespeare out selling her novels. ![]()
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