Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became quite simply the bestselling novelist in history. Her first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles written towards the end of the First World War introduced us to Hercule Poirot who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections 19 plays and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
<p>Experience Agatha Christie’s puzzling masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this <span style="font-size: 1rem;">official graphic novel adaptations! </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Just after midnight a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">surprisingly full for the time of the year but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">tycoon lies dead in his compartment stabbed a dozen times his door locked from the inside. </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Isolated and with a killer in their midst detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">he or she decides to strike again.</span></p>
