Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-04-05
Books mentioned on Selects: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
Agatha Christie was a great writer of murder mystery novels and is probably the best selling author of all time. Listen in this classic episode to learn her story.
Josh Clark recommended Crooked House by Agatha Christie, and discussed The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie and others, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie, Curtain by Agatha Christie, and Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie. Chuck Bryant recommended And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel that introduced the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot to the world and launched the author's legendary career.
Discussed“I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work um last night, and it's just great.”
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a masterclass in suspense, following ten strangers lured to a remote island who are systematically murdered one by one.
Recommended“I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work um last night, and it's just great. She just sucks you right in like you she does what's um she creates in a lot of books, not all of them, but she creates what's called a cozy mystery with an S because it's British.”
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Crooked House
Crooked House by Agatha Christie is a psychological mystery novel revolving around the secretive and dysfunctional members of a wealthy family residing in a sprawling English estate.
Recommended“Um, have you seen the Agatha Christie film adaptation of Crooked House that came out in 2017?”
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Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel featuring the brilliant Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot solving a murder during a luxury cruise.
Discussed“um set in this period of time that and for some reason it just captured everybody's attention and apparently when she started expanding I think after World War II uh to some slightly more exotic loces like Egypt or Mesopotamia you know um uh for like Death on the Nile was a very famous one during this time or the”
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Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Discussed“um set in this period of time that and for some reason it just captured everybody's attention and apparently when she started expanding I think after World War II uh to some slightly more exotic loces like Egypt or Mesopotamia you know um uh for like Death on the Nile was a very famous one during this time or the”
Where to get it
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The Murder at the Vicarage
Discussed“So this is when Miss Marple comes along as as a a detective in 1930 with The Murder at the Vicorage. That was her first one.”
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Murder On The Orient Express
Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel featuring the iconic Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot solving a murder aboard a snowbound luxury train.
Discussed“Books like Murder in Mesopotamia and Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were all written uh during this period...”
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Curtain
Discussed“Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder.”
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Sleeping Murder
Discussed“Uh one is called Curtain, that's Puarro's final book, and the other is Sleeping Murder. Um that is Marple's final case.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“She signed my uh Murder on the Orient Express copy, first edition.”
“She was nice enough. She signed my uh Murder on the Orient Express copy, first edition. Oh, wow.”