Golden Age Mysteries Limited hosts the Agatha Christie and Golden Age of Crime international conferences, which have been running at UK universities since 2014. These unique events bring together scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts for fresh conversations and collaborations around mystery, crime, and detective fiction.

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“The [Agatha Christie] conference is a statement of intent — we want to establish Agatha Christie studies as an academic discipline with its own identity.”
Conference founder J.C. Bernthal in The Sunday Times

Board Of Directors

J.C. Bernthal
University of Suffolk

Sarah Martin
Manchester Metropolitan University

Stefano Serafini
University of Padua

Mia Dormer
Novelist