Query: Novels first published in serial form that are also British crime novels excluding Crime novel series
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
And Then There Were None
Murder Is Easy
Towards Zero
The Trail of the Serpent
The Sittaford Mystery
The Pale Horse
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Evidence from documents: And Then There Were None: '''''And Then There Were None''''' is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as '''''Ten Little Niggers''''', after the children's counting rhyme and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element. The US edition was released in January 1940 with the title ''And Then There Were None'', taken from the last five words of the song. Successive American reprints and adaptations use that title, though Pocket Books paperbacks used the title '''''Ten Little Indians''''' between 1964 and 1986. UK editions continued to use the original title until 1985.
Murder Is Easy: The novel concerns the efforts of retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam to discover the identity of a serial killer, active in the village of Wychwood under Ashe
Towards Zero: '''''Towards Zero''''' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in June 1944, and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in July of the same year.
The Trail of the Serpent: Novels first published in serial form that are also British crime novels excluding Crime novel series: it has also been hailed as the first British detective novel;
in serial form: it was serialized in 1864 and then reprinted several times in the following years.
The Sittaford Mystery: '''''The Sittaford Mystery''''' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1931 under the title of '''''The Murder at Hazelmoor''''' and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 7 September of the same year under Christie's original title.
The Pale Horse: Novels first published in serial form: The novel was first serialised in the British weekly magazine ''Woman’s Mirror'' in eight abridged instalments from 2 September to 21 October 1961 with illustrations by Zelinski.
British crime novels: '''''The Pale Horse''''' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1961, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?: The novel is set in Wales and Hampshire. Bobby Jones finds a man dying at his local golf course. A photo he saw in the man's pocket is replaced, as police seek his identity.