Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.

Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio. What does the name `Agatha Christie` mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a `whodunnit`. `I`m reading an Agatha Christie,` people say. `I`m not sure who the murderer is - I think it`s... ` Butthey are usually wrong, because it is not easy to guess the murderer`s name before the end of the book.

But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure?

Was there a mystery in her life, too?CEFR A2/B1Word count 5,955