J.C. Bernthal is a visiting fellow at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has authored or edited several volumes on Agatha Christie and in 2020, won the Popular Culture Association’s George N. Dove Award for advancing crime fiction scholarship. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceOrganization of the CompanionAgatha Christie: A Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyChristie’s Works in Alphabetical OrderChristie’s Works in Order of First Publication/PerformanceList of AbbreviationsThe CompanionAnnotated BibliographyIndex

“Writing and compiling an encyclopedic companion about the ‘Queen of Crime’ is no small feat. Bernthal with series editor Foxwell have researched and compiled an impressive companion to Agatha Christie’s oeuvre. ... Avid mystery readers will likely enjoy perusing this work, and researchers will appreciate how thorough it is. The author and editor have accomplished something unique: a reference work that is approachable and accessible for library workers, scholars, and general readers. ... This volume is well-researched, not to mention thorough and well-presented. Given the breadth of Christie’s life and work, it would be a worthwhile addition to an academic or public library collection.”—Library Journal

J.C. Bernthal is a visiting fellow at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has authored or edited several volumes on Agatha Christie and in 2020, won the Popular Culture Association’s George N. Dove Award for advancing crime fiction scholarship. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceOrganization of the CompanionAgatha Christie: A Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyChristie’s Works in Alphabetical OrderChristie’s Works in Order of First Publication/PerformanceList of AbbreviationsThe CompanionAnnotated BibliographyIndex

“Writing and compiling an encyclopedic companion about the ‘Queen of Crime’ is no small feat. Bernthal with series editor Foxwell have researched and compiled an impressive companion to Agatha Christie’s oeuvre. ... Avid mystery readers will likely enjoy perusing this work, and researchers will appreciate how thorough it is. The author and editor have accomplished something unique: a reference work that is approachable and accessible for library workers, scholars, and general readers. ... This volume is well-researched, not to mention thorough and well-presented. Given the breadth of Christie’s life and work, it would be a worthwhile addition to an academic or public library collection.”—Library Journal

J.C. Bernthal is a visiting fellow at the University of Suffolk, UK. He has authored or edited several volumes on Agatha Christie and in 2020, won the Popular Culture Association’s George N. Dove Award for advancing crime fiction scholarship. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviiiPrefaceOrganization of the CompanionAgatha Christie: A Brief BiographyA Career ChronologyChristie’s Works in Alphabetical OrderChristie’s Works in Order of First Publication/PerformanceList of AbbreviationsThe CompanionAnnotated BibliographyIndex

“Writing and compiling an encyclopedic companion about the ‘Queen of Crime’ is no small feat. Bernthal with series editor Foxwell have researched and compiled an impressive companion to Agatha Christie’s oeuvre. ... Avid mystery readers will likely enjoy perusing this work, and researchers will appreciate how thorough it is. The author and editor have accomplished something unique: a reference work that is approachable and accessible for library workers, scholars, and general readers. ... This volume is well-researched, not to mention thorough and well-presented. Given the breadth of Christie’s life and work, it would be a worthwhile addition to an academic or public library collection.”—Library Journal