Tenable Today The Question Was The Ten Most Popular Agatha Christie Novels

[gollob]

I could not believe than "The Mousetrap" was not in the top 10 list but The ABC Murders, 5 Little Pigs and Curtains were

[beckyboo]

The Mousetrap is not a book

[elliemay1]

I thought exactly the same!

[Sipowicz]

I thought it was a play, not a novel?

[elliemay1]

Of course!

[Tilly2]

Maybe because 'The Mousetrap' is a play rather than a novel?

[elliemay1]

Shoat and ploat were new words for me

[Mamyalynne]

Interesting history too, she asked that it was not published as long as it ran in the West End.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap#History

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elliemay1
Shoat and ploat were new words for me


Weren't they the Butlins aliens?

[yogi-bear]

Some radio presenters I know from Worthing were in last Monday's show....

I would have thought The Mousetrap would be, at least, top 5.

[Mamyalynne]

If it was a Novel I'm sure it would have been Yogi.

[yogi-bear]

Oh thanks and hi Mamya ...so the Mousetrap wasn't ever a novel, because it would give away the ending....I'm having a silly day....ignore me, sweetie x

[gollob]

you can buy The Mousetrap in paperback which went into publication in 1954 so I would presume that was a novel

[Mamyalynne]

The paperbacks (and a few special edition hardbacks for original cast members) are written as a script, given that it was first a short story it would require a modern rewrite to bulk it up to a novel.

I understand your wonder at it not getting a mention in the top ten, but those who did put it forward would be wrong given the category asked for.

[bednobs]

as far as i know it's not published under that name anyway, or in the UK