ImageType-100/0293-1/{E5688423-87B4-49F8-9052-45BE3FADBFEE}Img100.jpg' alt='Agatha Christie Graphic Novels' title='Agatha Christie Graphic Novels' />Agatha Christie published her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920. It featured fussy Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who proved the. Arsenic, cyanide, even nicotine No toxic substance escaped the attention of Agatha Christie, the celebrated mystery writer of over five dozen novels. While her. Lord Edgware Dies has 19,306 ratings and 910 reviews. Araz said. Favorite Golden Age British Detective Novels, by Curt Evans. Favorite Golden Age British Detective Novels A Very Personal Selection, by Curt J. Evans Qualifications are the writers had to publish their first true detective novel between 1. Golden Age and be British or close enough Carr. So writers like, say, R. Austin Freeman, Michael Gilbert and S. S. Van Dine get excluded. I wanted to get outside the box a bit and so Im sure I made what will strike some as some odd choices. This is a personal list. If I were making a totally representative list John Dickson Carrs The Three Coffins, Nicholas Blakes The Beast Must Die, Michael Innes Lament for a Maker, Anthony Berkeleys The Poisoned Chocolates Case, Sayers Gaudy Night, etc., would all be there. And lists evolve over time. Its highly likely, for example, that as I read more of Anthony Wynne and David Hume, for example, they would get more listings. Also I excluded great novels like And Then There Were None, The Burning Court and Trial and Error, for example, because I felt like they didnt fully fit the definition of true detective novels. In any list list I would make of great mysteries, they would be there. If people conclude from this list that my five favorite Golden Age generation British detective novelists are Christie, Street, Mitchell, Carr and Bruce, that would be fair enough, though I must add that they were very prolific writers, so more listings shouldnt be so surprising. The 1. 50 novels break down by decade as follows 1. A pretty graphic indicator of my preference for the 1. Also, of the 6. 1 writers, I believe 4. I hope my count is right British detective novels of the Golden Age were produced by women. Of these, 3. 1, or just over half, eventually became members of the Detection Club. I exclude a few of these luminaries, such as Ronald Knox and Victor Whitechurch am I anti clerical. JOHN DICKSON CARR 8The Crooked Hinge 1. The Judas Window 1. Carter DicksonThe Reader Is Warned 1. Carter DicksonThe Man Who Could Not Shudder 1. The Case of the Constant Suicides 1. The Gilded Man 1. Carter DicksonShe Died a Lady 1. Carter DicksonHe Who Whispers 1. Its probably sacrilege not to have The Three Coffins on the list especially when you have The Gilded Man, but when I read Coffins I enjoyed it for the horror more than the locked room, which seemed overcomplicated too me need to reread though. AGATHA CHRISTIE 8The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1. Murder at the Vicarage 1. The ABC Murders 1. Death on the Nile 1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 1. Five Little Pigs 1. A Murder Is Announced 1. The Pale Horse 1. Havent reread The ABC Murders recently was somewhat disappointed with Murder on the Orient Express when rereading and thus excluded from the list. And Then There Were None regretfully excluded, because I wasnt sure it really qualifies as a detective story theres not really a detective and the solution comes per accidens. GLADYS MITCHELL 8Speedy Death 1. The Mystery of a Butchers Shop 1. The Saltmarsh Murders 1. Death at the Opera 1. The Devil at Saxon Wall 1. St. Peters Finger 1. The Rising of the Moon 1. Late, Late in the Evening 1. A true original, but not to everyones taste. JOHN RHODE MAJOR CECIL JOHN CHARLES STREET 8The Davidson Case 1. Shot at Dawn 1. 93. The Corpse in the Car 1. Death on the Board 1. The Bloody Tower 1. Death at the Helm 1. Murder, M. D. 1. Miles BurtonVegetable Duck 1. The Golden Age master of murder means, underrated in my view. LEO BRUCE 8Case for Three Detectives 1. Case with Ropes and Rings 1. Case for Sergeant Beef 1. Our Jubilee is Death 1. Furious Old Women 1. A Bone and a Hank of Hair 1. Nothing Like Blood 1. Death at Hallows End 1. In print but underappreciated, he carried on the Golden Age witty puzzle tradition in a tarnishing era for puzzle lovers. J. J. CONNINGTON 5The Case With Nine Solutions 1. The Sweepstake Murders 1. The Castleford Conundrum 1. The Ha Ha Case 1. In Whose Dim Shadow 1. An accomplished, knowledgeable puzzler. E. C. R. LORAC EDITH CAROLINE RIVETT 5Death of An Author 1. Policemen in the Precinct 1. Murder of a Martinet 1. Murder in the Mill Race 1. The Double Turn 1. Carol Carnac Has taken a back seat to the Crime Queens, but was very prolific and often quite good my favorites, as can be seen, are more from the 1. E. R. PUNSHON 5Genius in Murder 1. Crossword Mystery 1. Mystery of Mr. Jessop 1. Ten Star Clues 1. Diabolic Candelabra 1. Admired by Sayers, this longtime professional writer he published novels for over half a century is underservingly out of print. MARGERY ALLINGHAM 4Death of a Ghost 1. The Case of the Late Pig 1. Dancers in Mourning 1. More Work for the Undertaker 1. Her imagination tends to overflow the banks of pure detection, but these are very good, genuine puzzles. G. D. H. and MARGARET COLE 4Burglars in Bucks 1. The Brothers Sackville 1. Disgrace to the College 1. Counterpoint Murder 1. Clever tales by husband and wife academics not altogether justly classified as Humdrums. FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS 4The Sea Mystery 1. Sir John Magills Last Journey 1. The Hogs Back Mystery 1. Mystery on Southampton Water 1. The Alibi King, hes more paid lip service particularly for genre milestone The Cask than actually read today, but at his best he is is worth reading for puzzle fans. NGAIO MARSH 4Artists in Crime 1. Seath in a White Tie 1. Surfeit of Lampreys 1. Opening Night 1. Art, society and theater all appealingly addressed by a very witty writer, with genuine detection included. DOROTHY L. SAYERS 4Strong Poison 1. The Five Red Herrings 1. Have His Carcase 1. Murder Must Advertise 1. As can be guessed I prefer middle period Sayers less facetious than earlier books, but also less self important than later ones. HENRY WADE 4The Dying Alderman 1. No Friendly Drop 1. Lonely Magdalen 1. A Dying Fall 1. 95. Very underrated writer some other good works Mist on the Saltings, Heir Presumptive were left out because they are more crime novels. Handbook Of Australian Meat 7Th Edition here. JOSEPHINE BELL 3Murder in Hospital 1. From Natural Causes 1. Death in Retirement 1. Far less known than the Crime Queens, but a worthy if inconsistent author. NICHOLAS BLAKE 3A Question of Proof 1. Thou Shell of Death 1. Minute for Murder 1. His most important book in genre history is The Beast Must Die, but I prefer these as puzzles. CHRISTIANNA BRAND 3Death in High Heels 1. Green for Danger 1. Tour de Force 1. One of the few who can match Christie in the capacity to surprise while playing fair. JOANNA CANNAN 3They Rang Up the Police 1. Murder Included 1. And Be a Villain 1. Underrated mainstream novelist who dabbled in detection. BELTON COBB 3The Poisoners Mistake 1. Quickly Dead 1. 93. Like a Guilty Thing 1. Almost forgotten, but an enjoyable, humanist detective novelist B. C. worked in the publishing industry and was the son of novelist Thomas Cobb, who also wrote mysteries JEFFERSON FARJEON 3Thirteen Guests 1. The Judge Sums Up 1. The Double Crime 1. A member of the famous and talented Farjeon family both his father Benjamin and sister Eleanor were notable writers, he wrote mostly thrillers but produced some more genuine detection. ELIZABETH FERRARS 3Give a Corpse a Bad Name 1. Neck in a Noose 1. Enough to Kill a Horse 1. Came in at the tail end of the Golden Age, like Brand, though she was more prolific and not as good.
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