Agatha Christie was a genius, and if she'd wanted to, she'd have been a criminal mastermind! The creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (though I far prefer the former to the latter), she wrote dozens of books set all over the world and involving all manner of crime and murder. While the books are not long or hugely complex, they contain all manner of twists to keep the reader guessing whodunnit til the last page.
Hercule Poirot is probably the second most famous detective in literature in English (Sherlock Holmes is the first) and his cases range from the stereotypical country house murder to some rather odd adventures both in his adopted home of England (famously he is Belgian, not French as some characters often refer to him as!), and on his many adventures overseas. The television adaptations of Poirot's cases are good, David Suchet looks more or less as described, though his moustache should be more luxuriant than the little one he sports.
Most of Christie's books have been adapted for television at one time or another, and she also penned the novel "Three Blind Mice" that was adapted into the stage play The Mousetrap, famously the longest running play ever! Her books make excellent holiday reading, and also for rainy days when you want to stay inside all cosy. Just don't start one just before going to bed, you might end up staying all night trying to solve the case!
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