After Ada passes away, they return to the home to find that Mrs Lancaster has been taken away by a relative. This is one of the few Christie novels that doesn’t feature iconic characters Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. It is a standalone Christie novel set in her coolest isolated location. Knives Out happens to be this writer’s favourite film, and that has probably coloured my love for this novel. But it remains, in my eyes, perfect; especially the incredible twist ending. The claustrophobia of this novel adds an exciting tonal element as well, as Poirot interviews suspect after suspect while they’re all trapped on a train. Before Ada died, Mrs Lancaster gifted her a painting of a house that feels oddly familiar to Tuppence.

Peril at End Houseis one of those Christie novels that is more famous than most but not quite as celebrated as it should be (especially for so high on this list of Agatha Christie books ranked). Fortunately, the retired Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, has just moved in next door and takes an interest in this murder mystery. Murder mystery novels like Christie’s often make for great cosy winter reads, curled up by a fire in a dimly-lit room. This one, however, has a delightfully summer vibe. Quite often, even with the best Agatha Christie novels, there are obvious red herrings or moments of staging that the reader can see through.Hastings’ perspective also adds some comedy to the narrative, as his banter with Poirot is always welcome.

Ten mostly unrelated people have been lured to an island off the coast of Devon — Soldier Island — by letters or telegrams. This is why Endless Night was unanimously placed at number two on the list of Agatha Christie books ranked by everyone who helped put this list together.

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To say any more would be to spoil it but Endless Night is a fantastic gothic novel. It’s still Christie, which means it remains mysterious and trusting people is a bad idea.

Like the other best Christie novels, Crooked House is not a Poirot or Marple novel. It is a standalone story about a young British man named Charles. While it is certainly one of the more famous Poirot murder mystery novels, The ABC Murdersis neither the best nor the worst. It is, however, quite unique.The unit is also used less commonly as a unit of work, or energy, in which case it is equivalent to the more common and standard SI unit of energy, the joule. [2] In this usage the metre term represents the distance travelled or displacement in the direction of the force, and not the perpendicular distance from a fulcrum as it does when used to express torque. This usage is generally discouraged, [3] since it can lead to confusion as to whether a given quantity expressed in newton-metres is a torque or a quantity of energy. [4] However, since torque represents energy transferred or expended per angle of revolution, one newton-metre of torque is equivalent to one joule per radian. [4] Her death is ruled as suicide, but her husband soon receives an anonymous note telling him that it was murder, and so he recreates that same dinner party with those same guests. Most of the best Agatha Christie books have a murder at their centre, and someone — often Poirot or Marple — to solve it. Here, however, we have the Belgian sleuth on the trail of a serial killer.