The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has celebrated its
sixtieth year in 2013 and held a poll to find the greatest crime writer, crime
series and crime novel to mark the anniversary.
The CWA supports and promotes the work of crime writers,
undeniably a hugely popular genre.
The winner of the Best Ever Crime Author was Agatha
Christie, who wrote a staggering 66 detective novels (I wonder if anyone has
ever counted up the murders!). Evidently she remains as popular as ever, with
the Poirot series on ITV finishing
last night with his final case Curtain.
Christie’s novel The
Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the Best Ever Novel. It was one of her
earliest novels (published in 1926) and features her most famous sleuth,
Hercule Poirot. It has, as ever, a magnificent twist at the end.
The winner of the CWA Best Ever Crime Series was Sherlock
Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation. And again I wonder, how many murders
. . .?
Crime novels are as popular as ever, but it is good to
see that older novels have stood the test of time and are still being read by
today’s audience.
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