Tag Archives: Agatha Christie

Book of the Month: May 2017

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

Only a smidge late with my roundup of last’s month mystery fiction reading – hopefully somewhere in the world it is still the 31st May. I managed to read 13 novels this time, as well as Sam Naidu’s collection of essays … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: Helen’s Month: Agatha Christie’s Sleeping Murder (1976)

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Earlier last month one of our founder Tuesday Night Bloggers members, Helen Szamuely, died and as a tribute to her the Tuesday Night Bloggers are featuring posts this month on some of her great interests in life: Europe, History and … Continue reading →

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Continental Crimes (2017) ed. by Martin Edwards

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Source: Review Copy (British Library) This is the latest short story collection issued by the British Library and should be available in June. All of the stories unsurprisingly are connected by the common dominator of being set on the Continent. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: A is for April… And Anything Goes: Alibis

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

Ever keen to try something new, the Tuesday Night Bloggers have gone for a different type of theme this month: the letter A. Be it a book title, author, country or a more abstract theme; it all goes, as long … Continue reading →

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Win a Copy of Mark Aldridge’s Agatha Christie on Screen!

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

Earlier this week I reviewed Mark Aldridge’s Agatha Christie on Screen (2016), a definite must for all fans of Christie adaptations. Since I ended up with a spare copy of this book I decided to host a giveaway for it … Continue reading →

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Spot The Difference: Agatha Christie – The Answers

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

Last week I did something new on the blog and set a spot the difference challenge, involving an Agatha Christie cover. Apologies for all the headaches and eye strain incurred. Despite this though the puzzle seemed to go down well … Continue reading →

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Agatha Christie on Screen (2016) by Mark Aldridge

Posted on March 22, 2017 by

This has been a book I have been dipping into over the past few months and for anyone who is interested in film and TV adaptations of Agatha Christie’s work then this is certainly the book to buy. It covers … Continue reading →

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Agatha Christie Spot the Difference

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Ever keen to try something new on the blog I have had a go at making a spot the difference challenge, using the cover designed by Tom Adams for Dead Man’s Folly. The differences might be additions, omissions or alterations. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: Favourite Sleuthing Couples

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

This week I decided to look at sleuthing couples in crime fiction, as part of this month’s Tuesday Night Blogger theme, love. I think for most readers many of my choices won’t be surprising, but I guess one of the … Continue reading →

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Christie Cover Quiz Answers

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Last Friday I set readers the challenge of guessing the titles of various Christie covers. The sneaky part though was that all of the covers where from translated editions. If you haven’t had a go already then head on over … Continue reading →

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