Books

‘Come, Tell Me How You Live’ (1946) digs into Mideast cultures

Hercule Poirot often travels, even though it seems he would be annoyed by a lot of things about the process of traveling, not to mention

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‘Under the Whispering Door’ (2021) has heart in right place

“Under the Whispering Door” (2021) is clearly written from the heart, as TJ Klune uses the outlet of fantasy fiction to deal with his grief

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Blake’s ‘Buffy’ books continue with ‘One Girl in All the World’

With her second “Frankie the Vampire Slayer” entry, “One Girl in All the World” (January, hardcover), Kendare Blake again delivers a novel that’s partly appealing

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Preston & Child go back in time for ‘Cabinet of Dr. Leng’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have sent Agent Pendergast and other characters to many parts of the globe, but for “The Cabinet of Dr. Leng”

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‘Sleeping Murder’ (1976) a relaxing throwback mystery

“Sleeping Murder” (October 1976), which Agatha Christie (1890-January 1976) wrote mid-career with the purposeful intent of having it published after her death, is like a

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‘The Ruins’ (2006, 2008) a creepy exercise in fatalism

On this re-read, I often flashed back to my first experience of Scott Smith’s “The Ruins” (2006). I vividly recalled details such as a dog

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‘Curtain’ (1975) impressively drops on Poirot’s career

Death is such a regular part of Agatha Christie novels that you’d be hard-pressed to find one that doesn’t find someone biting the dust. But

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King stirs brew of tropes, imagination in ‘Fairy Tale’ (2022)

Stephen King goes into full fantasy adventure mode for “Fairy Tale” (September, hardcover), a 599-page doorstop he wrote during the height of the pandemic, driven

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T&T’s interplay makes ‘Postern of Fate’ (1973) readable

I somewhat dreaded reading and reviewing “Postern of Fate” (1973), Agatha Christie’s last-written novel. It’s a popular choice as her worst book, and I feared

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Christie, Osborne weave a tangled ‘Spider’s Web’ (2000)

Charles Osborne (1927-2017) wraps up his trilogy of Agatha Christie play novelizations with “Spider’s Web” (2000), based on her 1954 play. It’s another tasty snack

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