Although published as a U.S. collection in 1951, “The Under Dog and Other Stories” takes us back to the early days of Poirot and Hastings’
Agatha Christie combines crime syndicates with a murder mystery in “At Bertram’s Hotel” (1965) in a manner similar to her spycraft-murder combo in “The Clocks”
“So Many Steps to Death” (1954, also published as “Destination Unknown”) is one of the most different Agatha Christie novels. It’s one of her sweeping
“There is a Tide …” (1948, also published as “Taken at the Flood”) is one of those Agatha Christie novels where you close it and
Stephen King’s direct connection to “The X-Files” consists of only one episode he co-wrote, Season 5’s “Chinga.” But his 1980 novel “Firestarter” is a precursor
Writing a book about the Roswell crash mystery is a tall order because it’s been done so many times before. On the other hand, it’s
“The Clocks” (1963) is a fun and entertaining late-career novel for Poirot, although he isn’t introduced until halfway through the events. He solves the case
“The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” (1962) has nothing to do with a mirror (the line comes from a Tennyson poem), but it’s about
Agatha Christie pounds home one theme in “Ordeal by Innocence” (1958). She becomes fascinated by the fact that when everyone in a household is a
“Carrie” (1974) was a remarkable debut novel, but Stephen King’s sophomore effort “’Salem’s Lot” (1975) is even better. Here we see a confident, almost fully