Despite her far-reaching fame, Agatha Christie rarely commented on her life or work, and so H.R.F. Keating brings together a dozen writers from both sides of the Atlantic to throw light on the ever-intriguing Dame Agatha, analyzing Christie's art itself and speculating on the reasons for her success. In essays that are penetrating, affectionate, and even funny, here are reflections by Edmund Crispin, Celia Fremlin, Dorothy B. Hughes, Christianna Brand, William Weaver, Sophie Hannah, and Julian Symons.