From the Back Cover: A Shy and retiring woman who began to write "in order to avoid having to talk to people," Agatha Christies produced her first detective nov

Janet Morgan’s definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author.

H.R.F. Keating, Michael Gilbert, Dorothy B. Hughes, Julian Symons and other writers discuss the life and work of Agatha Christie.

Major events in Agatha Christie's life are presented in this study as well as critical discussions of her works.

Over 2,500 entries examine the author's life and work, including her relationships with friends and family, her mysterious ten-day disappearance in 1926, synops