J.C. Bernthal is a private researcher for a major crime writer. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK, where he taught English Literature, and is the editor of The Ageless Agatha Christie (2016).

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Constructing Agatha Christie.- Chapter 2. English Masculinity and its Others.- Chapter 3. Femininity and Masquerade.- Chapter 4. Queer Children, Crooked Houses.- Chapter 5. Queering Christie on Television.- Conclusion.

“Queering Agatha Christie is the latest of many works subjecting Christie’s considerable œuvre to new readings. … this volume is a timely, rich, immensely suggestive, and … wonderfully well-written reassessment of Agatha Christie and her work.” (Alyce von Rothkirchi, Modern Language Review, Vol. 112, October, 2017)

J.C. Bernthal is a private researcher for a major crime writer. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK, where he taught English Literature, and is the editor of The Ageless Agatha Christie (2016).

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Constructing Agatha Christie.- Chapter 2. English Masculinity and its Others.- Chapter 3. Femininity and Masquerade.- Chapter 4. Queer Children, Crooked Houses.- Chapter 5. Queering Christie on Television.- Conclusion.

“Queering Agatha Christie is the latest of many works subjecting Christie’s considerable œuvre to new readings. … this volume is a timely, rich, immensely suggestive, and … wonderfully well-written reassessment of Agatha Christie and her work.” (Alyce von Rothkirchi, Modern Language Review, Vol. 112, October, 2017)

J.C. Bernthal is a private researcher for a major crime writer. He holds a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK, where he taught English Literature, and is the editor of The Ageless Agatha Christie (2016).

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Constructing Agatha Christie.- Chapter 2. English Masculinity and its Others.- Chapter 3. Femininity and Masquerade.- Chapter 4. Queer Children, Crooked Houses.- Chapter 5. Queering Christie on Television.- Conclusion.

“Queering Agatha Christie is the latest of many works subjecting Christie’s considerable œuvre to new readings. … this volume is a timely, rich, immensely suggestive, and … wonderfully well-written reassessment of Agatha Christie and her work.” (Alyce von Rothkirchi, Modern Language Review, Vol. 112, October, 2017)