*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was surely between the 1920s and the 1950s, and in this period several women dominated the genre. We refer to them collectively as the Queens of Crime, but of them all, Agatha Christie is surely the High Queen. The most read author in the English language, her works continue to populate our media, whether on TV, in films and theatre and, of course, books. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more books by her in circulation than anyone else. Four offerings from Ms Christie this week in 1970s Fontana editions: three Poirot mysteries (including The Big Four, a spy thriller and The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd, a famously unique murder mystery, plus The Hound Of Death, a book of mostly occult short stories, but including the short Witness For The Prosecution, famously filmed).  
PICTURED: ALL BY AGATHA CHRISTIE ALL SOLD
THE BIG FOUR Fontana 1978 3rd UK PB thus GD £4
CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS Fontana 1976 UK PB GD/VG £5
THE HOUND OF DEATH Fontana 1976 UK PB GD/VG £5
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD Fontana 1976 UK PB GD/VG £5