Agatha Christie's detective novels were among my favourite books when I was a teenager. Decades later, I enjoyed them again in their TV renditions. These books have been reprinted numerous times, but there is something about the covers of the Fontana paperback series issued mainly in the sixties and seventies that is very appealing. The consistency in the illustrations suggest they were all done by the same artist, but unfortunately I could not find out who it was (or were). There are so many of them (link) that there will be at least two posts with this subject. The image above was created via Photofunia.
Cat Among the Pigeons
Cat Among the Pigeons is a novel, first published in the UK in 1959, and in the US in 1960. It features Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who makes a very late appearance in the final third of the novel.
Problem at Pollensa Bay
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories is a short story collection published in the UK only in November 1991. It was not published in the US but all the stories contained within it had previously been published in American volumes. It contains two stories with Hercule Poirot, two with Parker Pyne, two with Harley Quin and two gothic tales.
A Pocket Full of Rye
A Pocket Full of Rye is a novel, first published in the UK bin 1953, and in the US in 1943. The book features her detective Miss Marple. A personal favourite in her bibliography.
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse is a novel, first published in the UK in 1961, and in the US in 1962. It does not feature one of her main characters, but detective Ariadne Oliver appears as a minor character.
They Do It With Mirrors
They Do It with Mirrors is a novel, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors, and in the UK later that year under Christie's original title. The book features her detective Miss Marple.
Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown is a novel, first published in the UK in 1954, and in the US one year later under the title of So Many Steps to Death. It is a work of spy fiction rather than her usual detectives, and does not feature one of her main characters.
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence is a novel, first published in the UK in 1958, and in the US the following year. It does not feature any of the regular characters, but TV adaptations have been made in which Ms. Marple plays a main role in the story.
Evil Under the Sun
Evil Under the Sun is a novel, first published in the UK in 1941, and in the US later the same year. The novel features Hercule Poirot, who takes a holiday in Devon.
Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile is a novel, published in the UK in 1937 and in the US the following year. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The action takes place in Egypt.
Peril at End House
Peril at End House is a novel, first published in the US in 1932, and in the UK later the same year.The book features private detective Hercule Poirot.
They Came to Baghdad
They Came to Baghdad is a novel, first published in the UK in 1951, and in the US later in the same year. The book was inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, and is also one of few Christie novels belonging to the action and spy fiction genres, rather than to mysteries and whodunnits.
Miss Marple's Final Cases
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is a short story collection, first published in the UK in 1979. It did not originally appear in the United States because most of the stories had been published earlier in the US in magazines. The book contains eight short stories, six featuring Miss Marple and two other stories.
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