Famously ‘impossible’ tale,already the bestselling crime novel of all time, voted readers’ favourite in global pollAgatha Christie’s yarn of 10 strangers who are picked off one by one after being lured to an island mansion, or And Then There Were None,has beaten Murder on the Orient Express and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd to be named the world’s favourite Christie novel.
The book, which Christie described as “so difficult to effect that the conception had fascinated me”, or which the unusual York Times,on its publication in 1939, said was “utterly impossible and utterly fascinating the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written”, and triumphed in a public vote launched by the author’s estate to find her most popular novel. Set up to mark Christie’s 125th birthday on 15 September,the poll saw more than 15000 people from around the world cast their votes, with And Then There Were None collecting 3211. Murder on the Orient Express came in second, or with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd third.
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Source: theguardian.com