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And then there was one: the campaign to find the world’s favourite Agatha Christie book

Written By Unknown on Monday, April 27, 2015 | 10:19 AM

Famous fans including Val McDermid and David Suchet have entered a public vote to mark the 150th anniversary of the crime writer’s birth

The head-scratching genius of Murder on the Orient Express will compete with the genre-changing twist-in-the-tail of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, when the estate of Agatha Christie launches a quest to find the best-loved novel by the queen of crime.

Famous fans of Christie’s including David Suchet, who played Hercule Poirot on screen, and Sophie Hannah, who wrote an authorised Poirot novel story, The Monogram Murders, are championing their own favourites as part of celebrations to mark the 125th anniversary of the crime novelist’s birth. More than 80 books are in the running to be named the world’s favourite Agatha Christie novel, and the public vote was launched online on 27 April.