“And Then There Were None” (1939) is a widely acknowledged classic, often noted as being one of Agatha Christie’s elite puzzles. Indeed, it is that
“Towards Zero” (1944) is one of those Agatha Christie novels I consider to be a snack more than a full-course meal. I breezed through it
The 1930s was Agatha Christie’s decade for mastering plotting, but in the 1940s she consciously became a better character writer. Even amid other strong entries
“Crooked House” (1949) is one of the colder Agatha Christie novels, and it’s not accidental. But it is subtly achieved. It’s set in a crooked
Hercule Poirot desires order and method in all aspects of life – not only when solving crimes but also when playing matchmaker. Fans sometimes giggle over
Poirot and Hastings started off as equivalents of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson, but Agatha Christie wasn’t interested in giving Poirot a Moriarty equivalent.
If Hercule Poirot could design his own mystery to solve, it would be “Murder on the Orient Express” (1934). Because the train is stuck in
In “Third Girl” (1966) we really see Agatha Christie moving into the Sixties and musing about being out of touch with changing times. She had
Try not to think too much about the murders that might be committed in St. Mary Mead while she’s gone, but Miss Marple vacations on
Drawing on the notion that the supernatural is things science hasn’t explained yet, Agatha Christie holds a spooky vibe for most of the page count