Michael Crichton might be the most versatile bestselling writer ever, but even by that standard, “Eaters of the Dead” (1976) is his most different novel.
In “The Boomerang Clue” (1934), as with the 1922 Tommy and Tuppence novel “The Secret Adversary,” Agatha Christie uses the mystery format to write a
After two bestselling techno-thrillers, “The Andromeda Strain” and “The Terminal Man,” Michael Crichton could’ve branded himself strictly as the master of that genre. Perhaps his
“Peril at End House” (1932) comes relatively early in Agatha Christie’s career, but already it feels like an effortlessly crafted Poirot mystery, featuring all the
In “The Andromeda Strain,” Michael Crichton detailed nature’s microscopic but serious threat to mankind, and in “Congo” (1980) – his best novel up to this
“The Murder on the Links” (1923) might seem like the perfect Agatha Christie book to pair with a weekend in front of the TV watching
His brand having been established with “The Andromeda Strain,” Michael Crichton shows it was no fluke with his sophomore effort under his own name, “The
Without peeking ahead at the reviews, I’m guessing “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” (1930) inspires a wide range of opinions among Agatha Christie fans. It’s certainly
After Michael Crichton’s death in 2008, his estate and publisher found two novels – “Pirate Latitudes” and “Dragon Teeth” – to publish posthumously, plus Richard
Agatha Christie returns to her husband-and-wife sleuths from 1922’s “The Secret Adversary” with the episodic short-story collection “Partners in Crime” (1929), a light batch of