10 books for fans of The Big Four
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1
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Christie's debut novel introduces Hercule Poirot investigating a poison murder at an English country house. The case that launched a thousand mysteries establishes all the classic whodunit conventions.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (514.2K ratings) - 2
Murder on the Orient Express
A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10
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Trapped by snow on a luxury train, Poirot investigates a murder where every passenger has an alibi and the victim had enemies everywhere.
★ 4.20 Goodreads (741.3K ratings) - 3
Sleeping Murder
Miss Marple • Book 12
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Gwenda's new house triggers terrifying memories of a murder she witnessed as a child, drawing Miss Marple into investigating a decades-old crime that someone will kill to keep buried.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (53.5K ratings) - 4
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[The Moving Finger] [by: Agatha Christie]
Miss Marple • Book 3
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Anonymous hate mail drives a peaceful English village to suicide and suspicion until Christie's sharp-eyed sleuth unravels the psychological warfare.
★ 3.85 Goodreads (59.1K ratings) - 5
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple • Book 9
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Miss Marple's tropical vacation turns deadly when a fellow guest claims to have photographed a murderer, then winds up dead himself in this perfectly plotted Caribbean mystery.
★ 3.85 Goodreads (53.4K ratings) - 6
The Body in the Library
Miss Marple • Book 2
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When the Bantrys discover a glamorous stranger's corpse in their library, the scandal threatens their reputation until Miss Marple unravels the victim's true identity.
★ 3.81 Goodreads (130.4K ratings) - 7
And Then There Were None
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Christie's isolated island setting becomes a pressure cooker where ten guests with hidden secrets are systematically eliminated according to a chilling children's rhyme.
★ 4.27 Goodreads (1.6M ratings) - 8
They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple • Book 5
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Miss Marple senses trouble at her friend's delinquent rehabilitation center, and her instincts prove right when multiple shootings rock the Victorian mansion's supposed sanctuary.
★ 3.94 Goodreads (169 ratings) - 9
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[The Murder at the Vicarage] [by: Agatha Christie]
Miss Marple • Book 1
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Miss Marple's debut case involves the murder of the most hated man in St. Mary Mead, where everyone had motive to kill Colonel Protheroe. Christie establishes her genius for making the obvious suspect innocent and the innocent suspect obvious.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (216.7K ratings) - 10
A Murder Is Announced: B2 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers)
Miss Marple • Book 4
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A newspaper ad announces a murder will take place at Little Paddocks, and when someone actually dies, Miss Marple must solve Chipping Cleghorn's deadliest puzzle.
★ 4.01 Goodreads (87.3K ratings)