Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Foreword
Preface - Victoria Station, March 1931
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Rule of Three
Chapter 2 - The First Decade 1920–1929
Unused Ideas: One
Chapter 3 - Favourite Stories and ‘The Man Who Knew’
Chapter 4 - The Second Decade 1930–1939
Unused Ideas: Two
Chapter 5 - ‘How I Created Hercule Poirot’
Chapter 6 - The Third Decade 1940–1949
Unused Ideas: Three
Chapter 7 - Miss Marple and ‘The Case of the Caretaker’s Wife’
Chapter 8 - The Fourth Decade 1950–1959
Unused Ideas: Four
Chapter 9 - Agatha Christie and Poison
Chapter 10 - The Fifth Decade 1960–1969
Unused Ideas: Five
Chapter 11 - The Dark Lady . . .
Chapter 12 - The Sixth Decade 1970–1976
Unused Ideas: Six
Chapter 13 - Agatha Christie’s Booklists
Appendix 1 - Agatha Christie Chronology
Appendix 2 - Alphabetical List of Agatha Christie Titles
Index of Titles
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by John Curran
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Footnotes