By the Pricking of My Thumbs

''Agatha Christie taught me many important lessons about the inner workings of the mystery novel before it ever occurred to me that I might one day be writing mysteries myself.'' -- Sue Grafton, New York Times bestselling author ''The most memorable and eerie Christie I have read for a long time.'' -- Sunday Express (London)

Auteur

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.