"Agatha Christie taught me many important lessons about the inner
workings of the mystery novel before it ever occurred to me that I
might one day be writing mysteries myself."--Sue Grafton, #1 New
York Times-bestselling author of the Kinsey Millhone novels
"Agatha Christie's books are both wonderful crime novels and
studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still.
Underestimate them at your peril."--Louise Penny, #1 New York
Times-bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels
"Agatha Christie's indelibly etched characters have entertained
millions across the years and a love of her work has brough
together generations of readers--a singular achievement for any
author and an inspiration to writers across the literary
landscape."--Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times-bestselling author
of the Maisie Dobbs novels
"Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a
few days reading Agatha Christie. She'll show you everything you
want to know."--Donna Leon, New York Times-bestselling author of
the Commissario Brunetti novels
"I always wanted to be Agatha Christie when I grew up. I still
do."--J. A. Jance, New York Times-bestselling author of the Joanna
Brady and J. P. Beaumont novels
"Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into
a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction."--Tana
French, New York Times-bestselling author of the Dublin Murder
Squad novels
"[Moves] smoothly and entertainingly to its surprise
conclusion."--Chicago Daily Tribune
"A brilliantly ingenious story."--Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald
(UK)
"It's tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it
go at that, but the world's had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie
is something special."--Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling
author
"Need it be said--the little grey cells solve once more the
seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very
real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the
end."--Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Nothing short of swell. [Christie] is probably the best suspicion
scatterer and diverter in the business."--New York Herald Tribune
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