
After marrying his second wife, who is an archaeologist and travels a lot, Christie’s novels began to take place mostly in international settings by the 1930s. Miss Marple, a charming old amateur detective, was also very popular. Another character she created on top of that is Miss Marple. The work and the character she created were highly appreciated. Hercule Poirot is intelligent, sarcastic and critical of the culture of the British upper class. The work is the first work that includes Hercule Poirot, one of the fictional characters created by Agatha Christie.

This book was published in 1920 after several rejections.

Agatha Christie, who loves to read despite her dyslexia, will write a novel called The Mysterious Affair at Styles, thinking that she will write better crime stories than she reads.
