….and then there were none

And Then There Were None,  was Agatha Christie’s best-selling novel, with more than
100 million copies sold as of 2007; it is also the world’s best-selling mystery
and one of the best selling books of all time.
Publications International lists the novel as the seventh best-selling title of all time

Wow! Written in 1939 it has become the standard for crime/mystery novels.

Christie’s own assessment:

“I had written the book Ten Little Niggers because it was so difficult to do that
the idea had fascinated me. Ten people had to die without it becoming ridiculous
or the murderer being obvious. I wrote the book after a tremendous amount of
planning, and I was pleased with what I had made of it. It was clear,
straightforward, baffling, and yet had a perfectly reasonable explanation;
in fact, it had to have an epilogue in order to explain it. It was well received
and reviewed, but the person who was really pleased with it was myself,
for I knew better than any critic how difficult it had been …
I don’t say it is the play or book of mine that I like best, or even that
I think it is my best, but I do think in some ways that it is a better piece of
craftsmanship than anything else I have written.”

Which brings us now, today to our focus piece: 

• The “Millennium” series by Stieg Larsson which includes
  “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2005), had sold over
  100 million copies worldwide as of 2019. 
• As of 2009, mystery thriller novel “The Da Vinci Code” (2003)
  by Dan Brown had sold 80 million copies.. 
• Within fiction, 12.5% of adult books sold (print and ebooks)
  are in the thriller genre. 
• For the US, this makes an estimated 23.6 million in thriller print
  unit sales as of 2022. 
• As of 2022, crime/mystery titles ranked second in the most profitable
  book titles on Amazon for the US. 
• Mystery/thriller/suspense titles are ranked as the second
  best selling genres of audiobooks. 
• Agatha Christie is the best selling thriller/mystery author of all time,
  who has sold between 2 billion and 4 billion copies of her books. 
• Within the genres the second best selling author is Georges Simenon.

Now, check this out. Has anyone heard of Killer Nashville?
Probably not.What is Killer Nashville?

Killer Nashville is widely regarded as one of the best and most welcoming genre events in the U.S.
The organization, which includes an annual international writers’ conference, a magazine,
and literary awards, receives high praise for its focus on educating and empowering both
aspiring and established writers.