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A Class of Her Own
A feat of engineering? Certainly. A landmark event in publishing? Without question. But above all - a really good read.
This should come as no surprise to Christie fans but most people don’t seem to know that Agatha Christie is the biggest selling fiction author in the world. She has a Guinness World Records certificate to prove it. She also set a second Guinness World Record for the longest continuously running play in the world – The Mousetrap. So why not a third?
Well today, she has achieved it with The Complete Miss Marple – a single volume of 12 novels, 20 short stories and 43 murders! Broken down that gives us 12 poisonings, 6 strangulations, 2 drownings, 2 stabbings, 1 burning, 1 death by an arrow and 2 people pushed to their deaths - all solved by a spinster from a small village in England. Rather remarkable by anyone’s standards. On top of this there are 68 crimes, 59 red herrings, 22 false accusations all of which are washed down by 143 cups of tea.
As we were trawling through the books in search of facts, highlighters in hand, we were reminded of why fans of Christie are so passionate about her work. There is something unbelievably compelling about guessing who the killer is – though more often than not it seems that Christie can still outwit us. I for one have yet to guess correctly though I live in hope.
To purchase one of the limited editions, please call: 0844 576 8112 or email weborders@harpercollins.co.uk.
