Coverage includes:
-- Detailed synopses of all major and most minor works
-- An overview of the critical reception to each work
-- Descriptions of all characters, fictional and factual, and all settings
-- Discussions of important people in the author's life.

Accessible and Engaging

Each volume draws upon an extensive range of critical and biographical material from hundreds of books, articles, and scholarly notes, synthesizing and presenting this material in an accessible and engaging way.

An Excellent Reference Tool

Each engaging entry contains cross references so that all related information can be easily accessed. Enhanced by photographs, illustrations, and extensive bibliographies, each volume in the Literary A to Z series is a valuable reference tool.

Easy-to-use, Agatha Christie A to Z is a richly detailed companion to the life and work of this master of "whodunit" and one of the world's most published writers.

More than 2,500 entries include:
-- A detailed synopsis of every work, including publishing (or dramatization) history and descriptions of every character and setting
-- A special feature that identifies the means of murder in all of Christie's mysteries
-- Every television and motion picture adapted from her works, detailing actors, locations, and all related information
-- Key associates, relatives, agents, and others who played a part in her life.