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Historical fiction series by Agatha Christie (5 series)

Hercule Poirot in Order

by Agatha Christie 39 books 4.4(257,162)

The Hercule Poirot books follow Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective from his arrival in wartime England through the country houses, hotels, trains, archaeological expeditions and changing cities of the interwar and post-war decades. Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp, Ariadne Oliver and Miss Lemon recur, but each case is built around…

Miss Marple Mysteries in Order

by Agatha Christie 13 books 4.4(75,118)

The Miss Marple mysteries centre on Jane Marple, an elderly resident of St Mary Mead whose knowledge of village behaviour gives her an unusually exact understanding of greed, vanity, fear and violence. Her investigations move from vicarages and country houses to hotels, Caribbean resorts and organised tours, but…

Superintendent Battle in Order

by Agatha Christie 4 books 4.2(21,034)

The Superintendent Battle books combine country-house murder with international conspiracy, political intrigue and family secrets. Battle is a restrained Scotland Yard officer whose heavy, impassive manner hides careful observation; he often allows more flamboyant amateurs to attract attention while he studies what witnesses avoid saying. Published between the…

Mary Westmacott in Order

by Agatha Christie 6 books 4.2(4,173)

Written under the name Mary Westmacott, these six psychological novels allowed Agatha Christie to move beyond formal detection and examine love, ambition, family obligation and self-deception. Their protagonists include artists, musicians, wives, mothers and sisters whose lives cross the First World War, the interwar years and the social…

Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries in Order

by Agatha Christie 5 books 4.1(18,301)

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford begin as unemployed young people after the First World War and age in step with the decades through marriage, parenthood, wartime intelligence work and retirement. Their cases mix murder with espionage, coded messages, missing documents and the improvisation of two amateurs who enjoy danger…

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