Russell H. Fitzgibbon presents a short history of Dame Agatha’s life, criticism of her works, and a summary of how critics and reviewers view her work. Includes a bibliography of all the works of Christie published in either Great Britain or the United States, classified according to the detectives involved; an alphabetical list of Christie detective and mystery book and short-story titles; a short-story finder for Christie collections; and an index of all but the least important of the thousands of characters introduced by the author in the detective and mystery short stories and novels.

• CONTENTS 
• Preface
• The Genre of the Detective Story: Its Nature and Development
• Dame Agatha Christie
• The Christie Bureau of Detectives
• Bibliography
• Alphabetical List of Christie Detective and Mystery Story Titles
• Alternate Christie Book Titles
• The Short-Story Finder for Christie Collections
• Index of Characters