Author's rare first book featuring detective Hercule Poirot who would appear in numerous books to follow. She is the best-selling writer of books of all time, and the best-selling writer of any kind, only being outsold by William Shakespeare and the Bible. Seldom seen in nice condition due to the poor quality of book construction. Christie had yet establish herself as one of the greatest detective fiction author’s of all time. She would go on to write 70 novels of crime fiction, plus other novels and plays as well. In 1955, Christie was the first author to receive the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.