“It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again.""Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”

English author, detective fiction writer

Agatha Christie was an English author, best known for her detective fiction. She lived under the name Agatha Christie and became one of the most widely read writers of the 20th century. She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, including stories built around Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and Miss Marple. Her work is especially associated with mystery and detective writing, and she is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time.