Agatha Christie 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. "And Then There Were None" is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Christie's stage play "The Mousetrap" holds the world record for longest initial run. It opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End
Agatha-Christie-Krimipreis held in changing, upscale settings. Since 2011, however, the accompanying thriller anthology only appears as an E-book and the value of the prizes for the three winning authors has been steadily declining. The award ceremony was last held in 2014. Agatha-Christie-Krimipreis Agatha-Christie-Krimipreis (Agatha Christie Crime Award) was a German literary prize for unpublished crime short stories awarded from 2003 to 2014. Stories with a maximum of ten manuscript pages were requested on a specified topic, changing annually. The 25 best stories were published in an anthology]] by "Fischer Taschenbuchverlag". The awards were presented as part of the annual "Krimifestival München"