Paris Seen from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic. Painting by Vincent van Gogh

Dame Agatha Christie is the most popular detective fiction writer of our times. Her detective stories have become tremendously popular all over the world. They are full of suspense and thrill. For over half a century she reigned over the world of detective fiction as a queen. Her popularity can be known from the fact that works of no writer except Shakespeare is sold in such a huge nmber as of Christie. The Guinness Book of Records carries her name as the most successful of all novelists