Lucy Foley and Cathy Rentzenbrink talk to Kiri Pritchard-McLean

What can we learn about life from the Queen of Crime? The enduring appeal of the most successful writer of the 20th century is no accident – Agatha Christie combines escapist glamour with psychological insight that still resonates. Why do we find it so fascinating?

Lucy Foley has written the first authorised Miss Marple novel since Christie’s last – Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel sees the unassuming sleuth tackle a suspicious death high in the Swiss Alps. Cathy Rentzenbrink delves into Christie’s own life in The Agatha Christie Cure, unearthing an adventurer and innovator who hid, in the pages of her own books, the secrets of how she survived a personal crisis. They talk to writer and comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean.