Whether on a remote island or a posh steam engine, Christie's fiction deals in death. During her lifetime she penned 66 works of detective fiction, nearly all of them whodunit plots with bloody knives, poison pens, and smoking guns galore. This is the book for you.Īgatha Christie is the grand dame of the British murder mystery genre. Murder on the Orient Express Introductionĭo we hear you asking for a super sleuth? Oh, yes.