The Role of Blurbs in Agatha Christie's Career

"It's potentially a little curious that Hubert Pritchard, Agatha Christie's son-in-law, didn't get a dedication," says author. "I just think it's really interesting that she never dedicated a title to say one of the other so-called queens of crime", he adds. The dedications taken as a whole thoroughly belie the notion that Agatha Christie was not a serious or committed professional writer working in the world, writes David Bianculli.