Poison: A Word Search

Did you know that poison was Christie's most popular murder method in her stories? However, they were not all from the real world. Calmo is just one of the fictional drugs she created which featured in The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side. Have you spotted any others? You might want to try reading A Caribbean Mystery or Passenger to Frankfurt.

Good old-fashioned rat poison or arsenic is good enough for me. Or the reliable blunt instrument.

Agatha Christie, The Pale Horse

Below are 12 deadly poisons used in Christie's mysteries, hidden in the grid. To play, simply select the first and last letters of each word you find.

N.B. This puzzle works better when solved on a tablet or desktop