Agatha Christie: first lady of crime

Introduction to the 2021 edition / by Sophie Hannah

Introduction / by H.R.F. Keating

The case of the escalating sales / Elizabeth Walter

The mistress of complication / Julian Symons

The mistress of simplicity / Edmund Crispin

A very English lady / Michael Gilbert

Cornwallis's revenge / Emma Lathen

The message of Mayhem Parva / Colin Watson

The Christie everybody knew / Celia Fremlin

The Christie nobody knew / Dorothy B. Hughes

A Midas gift to the theatre / J.C. Trewin

The Agatha Christie films / Philip Jenkinson

Music and mystery / William Weaver

Miss Marple -a portrait / Christianna Brand

Hercules Poirot -a companion portrait / H.R.F. Keating.