Sixty-six detective novels and over 2 billion copies sold, Agatha Christie’s success as an author is beaten only by Shakespeare and the Bible. If you haven’t already read them, where should you start? To help you, we’ve chosen our 10 favourites. And don’t forget that these books are great for children aged 11 and older too (very little graphic violence, although they do have sometimes have a spooky atmosphere.)

• And Then There Were None
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Murder at the Vicarage
• Death on the Nile
• The ABC Murders
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• A Pocket Full of Rye
• Five Little Pigs
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles
• The Body in the Library