The 1945 movie adaptation of “And Then There Were None” by director Rene Clair and writer Dudley Nichols shows how the piece can play well
“A Pocket Full of Rye” (1953) is a novel full of tropes, but I mean that in a good way. If the previous Agatha Christie
Fans who delight in Agatha Christie’s internal tropes will love “Funerals are Fatal” (1953, a.k.a. “After the Funeral”). It’s a page-turner with a family full
Agatha Christie was fascinated by the supernatural and paranormal – or at least the possibility thereof. But because her genre short stories are peppered across
Agatha Christie is capable of writing spooky stuff, but it’s not till Poirot’s third-to-last novel, “Hallowe’en Party” (1969), that we get a Halloween-set yarn. Similar
In some midcentury novels, Agatha Christie tries totally new things (“Death Comes as the End” is set in ancient times; “The Hollow” puts complex characters
“Mrs. McGinty’s Dead” (1952, also published as “Blood Will Tell”) ranks as one of Agatha Christie’s most complex mysteries. In the country village of Broadhinny
Settling in for a comfortingly familiar Agatha Christie novel, I was surprised to find that “Death Comes as the End” (1944) is something quite different.
“N or M?” (1941) is one of the best time capsules of Agatha Christie’s career. She writes about Tommy and Tuppence’s counter-espionage activities in World
In “The Hollow” (1946, also known as “Murder After Hours”), Agatha Christie achieves what she couldn’t quite pull off in “Sparkling Cyanide” one year earlier.