" When I was in Irak with Max, I became very interested in writing a book with a mystery in a hot country. I decided to invent a story about people on a boat on the river Nile, in Egypt, with a murder. Its title was:" Death on the Nile".
One film was made in 1978 from Agatha Christie's book, with famous actor Peter Ustinov who played the world-famous Belgian detective Hercules Poirot.
One heroine by Agatha Christie is Miss Marple. In her small English village, she watches all and remarks every detail: Miss Marple solves the mysteries because she is very interested in listening to and observing people. Is Miss Marple Agatha Christie's grand-mother?
Mister Poirot and Miss Marple