在被西方文论界誉为“侦探小说女王”的阿加莎.克里斯蒂逝世15年后,一颗侦探小说的新星出现在20世纪90年代的英国文坛上。她就是有“阿加莎.克里斯蒂第二”、“新推理之王”之称的米涅.渥特丝。这两位虽然生不同时,但同是作为英国侦探小说女性作家的杰出代表,常常有人论及她们的相似与传承关系,其实两者在小说创作的很多方面大不相同。本文拟从人物塑造、社会主题,以及创作特色等几个方面对克里斯蒂和渥特丝进行比较,并探讨她们作品的文学价值。 Fifteen years after Agatha Christie, who was hailed as “The Queen of Detective Stories” by western literary critics, a star of a detective story appeared in the English literary world of the 1990s. She is the “Agatha Christie second”, “the king of new reasoning,” said Miner Warte. Although these two students were different at the same time, they were both outstanding representatives of the female writers in the British detective novels. Some often talked about their similarities and inheritance relations. In fact, the two are quite different in many aspects of their novels. This article intends to compare Christy and Wortse from the aspects of characterization, social themes, and creative features, and to explore the literary value of their works.