Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and drinking every single mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie.

I am Kemper Donovan, and in this episode, I am bringing you an interview. Before I go right to it, I have one spoiler warning for you. If you

have not yet read Murder on the Orient Express, be warned that that title will be spoiled in this

conversation, which I am very excited to go to right now. In nearly 10 years of the All About Agatha podcast, my late partner and co-host,

Catherine Brobeck and I have had all sorts of different authors on the show who have

written all sorts of different books inspired by or invoking Agatha Christie in some way.

But today, I think we have one of the most unusual instances of a Christy-inspired work of scholarship. Amy Littlefield has reported on abortion rights

for more than a decade. She is the abortion access correspondent for the nation. She has contributed to the New York

Times opinion section and is a frequent commentator on abortion for various TV and radio news outlets

and podcasts. So this is not the sort of bio you're used to hearing from me as I begin an interview,

but here is where I will add that Amy is,

and I'm quoting now from her email to me, a murder mystery fan girl who has thoroughly enjoyed

all about Agatha over the years. And recently, she came out with her first book, titled

Killers of Row, My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights.

Believe it or not, listeners, the one word she uses to describe this book,

which delves into the incredibly complex sociopolitical history of abortion rights,

or lack thereof, in the United States, is, whodunit.

In her book, Amy channels her and my favorite amateur sleuth,

Miss Marple, as she investigates who is to blame for the death of abortion rights in this country

and how. And I don't want you to think that this is merely a marketing ploy. Ms. Marple and

Miss Yopouro and Agatha

Christie herself are thoroughly referenced throughout this text. Each chapter begins with a relevant

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