Overview
- The crime writer died on Jan. 12, 1976, making today the 50th anniversary of her death.
- Her works have an estimated two billion copies in print, roughly half translated into 44 languages.
- Original English editions still sell more than one million copies each year, with notable interest from younger women, according to booksellers.
- The Mousetrap has played in London’s West End since 1952, pausing only during the pandemic.
- Films, TV and radio retellings continue, alongside authorized new Poirot novels by Sophie Hannah.