Seven cases in which Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple prove conclusively that their powers of detection take the cake- About The Author Agatha Christie is the bestselling author of all time. She has sold over two billion books worldwide and has been translated into over 45 languages.

In a writing career that spanned more than half a century, Agatha Christie wrote eighty novels and short story collections. She also wrote over a dozen plays, including The Mousetrap, which is now the longest running play in theatrical history.

Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the first to feature her eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. One of the most famous fictional creations of all time, Poirot's 'little grey cells' triumphed over some of the most devious criminal minds ever created in crime fiction.

Christie-s last published novel, Sleeping Murder, featured her other world-famous sleuth, the shrewdly inquisitive Miss Jane Marple of St. Mary Mead.

Miss Marple appears in twelve novels, and twenty short stories; the first novel to feature her was The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930. The Poirot and Marple novels have been widely dramatized in feature films and television movies.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), And Then There Were None (1945), and Death on the Nile (1978) are a few of the successful films based on her works. Agatha Christie also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

She also wrote nonfiction: one book, Come Tell Me How you Live, describes her archaeological travels with her husband Max. The other two are collections of poems, stories, and verses, some with a religious theme.

She also wrote her autobiography which she completed in 1976. Although synonymous with crime fiction, the breadth of themes in her novels is quite extraordinary and she deserves her place as one of the best-loved writers of all time (less)

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On the way, a daring robbery takes place— sacred treasures have been stolen from Mohenjo Daro’s temple, including the famous dancing girl statue—and immediately, they are caught up in its coils. In the city they meet young Amu Darya from faraway Mesopotamia, a world utterly different from theirs, who is looking for his missing father, last seen in this part of the Indus Valley.

When Amu warns them of the grave danger they’re in, the five become fast friends. But soon, they are entangled in forces much darker than they could ever have expected.

Will the fearless fivesome succeed in upholding the honour of Mohenjo daro? An amazing tale full of white (less)

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And then my mouse hole caught on fire! Holey cheese, this was turning out to be the worst Christmas ever..

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About the Author : Geronimo Stilton has contributed to Merry Christmas, Geronimo! as an author. GERONIMO STILTON runs a newspaper, but his true passion is writing tales of adventure.

Here in New Mouse City, the capital of Mouse Island, his books are all bestsellers! His stories are full of fun--tastier than Swiss cheese and tangier than extra-sharp cheddar. They are whisker-licking-good stories, and that's a promise! (less)