Agatha

American  

[ag-uh-thuh] / ˈæg ə θə /

noun

1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “good.”

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Example Sentences

Whether with an old-fashioned one-case-per-episode or a more sprawling multistrand story, quaint or violent, historic or modern, the birthplace of Agatha Christie understands that we all need stories that make sense of seemingly senseless acts.

From Los Angeles Times

She and four other female authors—Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Baroness Orczy and Ngaio Marsh—team up and dub themselves the Queens of Crime.

From The Wall Street Journal

Agatha agrees: “We may not be real detectives, but no one can match us for solving puzzles.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in 1920 and killed off in 1975, has enjoyed a second lease on life through a continuation series by Sophie Hannah.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I guess my realization was, that’s not what Agatha Christie did.

From Los Angeles Times