Agatha Christie: The Art of Her Crimes -- The Paintings of Tom Adams

144 pp. "Have you ever been intrigued by a Tom Adams' cover on one of Agatha Christie's novels and wondered what lay behind it? Very often the clues to the mystery of the cover only become clearer as the mystery between the covers begins to unfold at the hands of the master of crime-writing, Dame Agatha Christie. And sometimes even then all the symbolism of the cover isn't clear. This book will provide the extra clues. ...Over 90 of Adams' highly individual cover paintings are reproduced here, accompanied by perceptive and incisive comments from the well-known crime-writer, biography and critic, Julian Symons, and with introductions and commentaries by Tom Adams himself."