How Christie wrote

Agatha Christie, the writer, what inspired her, how she put a story together and however did she manage without an iPad?

Plotting and notebooks

Agatha Christie said she never knew where the ideas for a new novel would spring from:

“Plots come to me at such odd moments, when ...

Inspired by travel

Anybody who feels they are taking for granted the ease, speed and comfort of modern travel should read my grandmother’s letter concerning her return ...

Mary Westmacott

To celebrate Agatha Christie’s Centenary, Rosalind Hick’s, Agatha Christie's only daughter, wrote an essay on the Westmacott novels. We have reproduced this ...

Writing for Radio

Christie first wrote for the radio in 1930. As a member of The Detection Club, she was asked to contribute to the series Behind the ...

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks

Following the death of Agatha's daughter, Rosalind, at the end of 2004, a remarkable secret was revealed. Unearthed among her affairs at the family home of Greenway were Agatha Christie's private notebooks, 73 handwritten volumes of notes, lists and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays and stories. John Curran's book explores this wonderful material in great details.

A Daughter's A Daughter

Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only child, Sarah, cannot contemplate the idea of her mother marrying again and wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship as each seeks relief in different directions. Are mother and daughter destined to be enemies for life or will their underlying love for each other finally win through?

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