Top ten books set in the Mediterranean

Sophia Bennett won first place is the second annual (London) Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition with her debut novel Sequins, Secrets, and Silver Linings, which is the first title in a trilogy that combines her long-standing obsession with fashion with her keen desire to write for young readers. Her latest YA novel is The Castle.

For the Guardian, Bennett named her top ten books set in the Mediterranean.  One book on the list:

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

If that's all a bit too energetic on a summer's day, picture Hercule Poirot in cream linen, travelling up the Nile on an old-fashioned cruise ship. Agatha Christie was inspired to write the story while on a steamer that you can still cruise on. There is something about a very hot sun and a very wicked murder plot that just seems to work.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue