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Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating. --The Independent on Sunday

Meticulously details and scrupulous in its judgments. --Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world's most successful authors. --Tulsa World The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie....An appealing read for Christie-philes. --Publishers Weekly A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie's fiction....Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart's content. --Sunday Times (London) [Curran] has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery....[His] enthusiasm for his subject carries us along. --Irish Times A must for all Christie fans. --Newark Star-Ledger A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot. --Washington Post Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating. --The Independent on Sunday Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments. --Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie....An appealing read for Christie-philes. --Publishers Weekly A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot. --Washington Post A must for all Christie fans. --Newark Star-Ledger Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world s most successful authors. --Tulsa World Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments. --Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie s fiction....Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart s content. --Sunday Times (London) Many of Curran s discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating. --The Independent on Sunday [Curran] has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery .[His] enthusiasm for his subject carries us along. --Irish Times

"""The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie....An appealing read for Christie-philes."" -- Publishers Weekly ""A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot."" -- Washington Post ""A must for all Christie fans."" -- Newark Star-Ledger ""Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world's most successful authors."" -- Tulsa World ""Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments."" -- Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks ""A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie's fiction....Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart's content."" -- Sunday Times (London) ""Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating."" -- The Independent on Sunday ""[Curran] has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery....[His] enthusiasm for his subject carries us along."" -- Irish Times"

Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world's most successful authors. --Tulsa World [Curran] has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery....[His] enthusiasm for his subject carries us along. --Irish Times A must for all Christie fans. --Newark Star-Ledger Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating. --The Independent on Sunday The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie....An appealing read for Christie-philes. --Publishers Weekly A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie's fiction....Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart's content. --Sunday Times (London) A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot. --Washington Post Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments. --Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks

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John Curran is the longtime literary adviser to Agatha Christie's estate. For many years he edited the official Agatha Christie newsletter and acted as consultant to the National Trust during its restoration of Greenway House, Christie's Devon home. He lives in Dublin.

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