*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. A diverse range of offerings from Ms Christie this week in classy Pan and Great Pan editions from the 1950s: Poirot, Miss Marple and more, novels and short stories. 
PICTURED: ALL BY AGATHA CHRISTIE ALL SOLD
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH Pan 1957 UK PB GD/VG £5 Poirot
THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT Pan 1957 4th UK PB GD/VG £5
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED Great Pan 1959 UK PB GD £4 Miss Marple
MURDER IS EASY Pan 1951 1st UK PB GD/VG £7
POIROT INVESTIGATES Pan 1955 1st UK PB GD/VG £6 Poirot short stories