Agatha Christie's Spotlight on Murder

Dame Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time. Her crime novels and short story collections have sold billions of copies and she remains the most translated author in the world with over 7,200 translations to her credit. The Midas gift her tales of murder and mayhem have brought to the entertainment industry over the last 100 years has consolidated her position as a true cultural phenomenon. Jared Cade’s magnificent two-part magnum opus on the Queen of Crime’s meteoric publishing career began with his ALCS Gold Dagger nominated Secrets from the Agatha Christie Archives – in which he examined how she conquered the serial markets in the US and UK with her exciting stories of mystery and intrigue – and now concludes with Agatha Christie’s Spotlight on Murder in which he examines her colossal achievements on radio, stage, film and television. Jared Cade’s meticulous research has uncovered a plethora of hitherto unknown facts that will surprise and delight Agatha Christie’s many admirers. His discoveries will enable future generations to write about the timeline of her achievements with far greater accuracy than ever before, especially when it comes to correlating events in her career and her private life. Illustrated with rare pictures, Agatha Christie’s Spotlight on Murder concludes Jared Cade’s enthralling two-volume magnus opus with a triumphant flourish. It is destined to become essential reference tools for fans, librarians, scholars, bibliophiles, broadcasters and others interested in the making of one of the 20th century's most admired and revered writing legends.