*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies & Sleaze category, with the undisputed Queen Of Crime herself, Agatha Christie. 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. And so, to be a little distinctive, we’re picked out eight volumes for our inventory, all Pan or Great Pan editions from the 1950s or early 1960s, all with gloriously painted covers; six Poirots, one Miss Marple and one Tommy & Tuppence, classics all. If you’re one of the few people on the planet who has not experienced the Great Agatha Christie Adventure, this is a great place to start. 
PICTURED: ALL BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
THE ABC MURDERS Great Pan 1960 UK PB VG £6  SOLD
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH Pan 1957 UK PB VG £6
THE BIG FOUR Great Pan 1961 UK PB VG/FN £8
FIVE LITTLE PIGS Pan 1953 UK PB GD £6
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED Great Pan 1958 UK PB GD/VG £5
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS Great Pan 1960 UK PB GD £5
POIROT INVESTIGATES Pan 1955 UK PB GD £5
THE SECRET ADVERSARY Pan 1955 UK PB GD £4