Agatha Christie's fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are set to go digital in a bid to bring the author's widely read crime stories to the internet generation.

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English crime writer Agatha Christie, has been portrayed by a variety of actresses in films and television.

I hated this and took every opportunity to hide. When I was signing books afterwards, sitting between PD James and Ruth Rendell (each the soul of kindness and tact as they dealt with their respective adoring publics, and this jangly loser in their midst),

better than watching baseball

"I'm reading 'Road Rage' by Ruth Rendell," part of the Chief Inspector Wexford mysteries, she said. "I don't dislike baseball, but I'm certainly not a huge fan like my husband."

PD James interview