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Originally Posted by HarryT
Her books are probably not great literature, but they are undeniably best sellers!
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Popularity does not equate to greatness. Christie may continue to remain popular in 100 years. I find her entertaining but lacking in depth.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critic...#ixzz2N0vYpXti
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In Curran’s “Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks,” the notebooks in question are school exercise books in which Christie worked out her plots. She made lists of possible victims, culprits, and M.O.s. Then she picked the combinations that pleased her. The writer thinks this shows Christie’s willingness to work by formula, and thereby to forego depth in favor of the puzzle. This practice exposed her to the contempt of some critics.
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Hard case crime and noir-rooted plots are the pastrami of the mystery genre. A.C. is for the tea biscuit crowd.