‘Unfinished Portrait’ (1934) peeks into Christie’s life
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): It’s not Christie’s most twisty or polished piece of literature, but it’s perhaps her most autobiographical.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): It’s not Christie’s most twisty or polished piece of literature, but it’s perhaps her most autobiographical.
2022 movies: The horror genre enjoyed a particularly strong year, but I rallied toward the comedies as I ranked my favorites.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): In her third Mary Westmacott novel, Christie holds a reader’s attention the whole way by exploring inner thoughts.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): We take a temporary break from sleuthing to examine Agatha Christie’s excellent first Mary Westmacott novel.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This isn’t a good novel, yet it’s fascinating when one considers Christie suffered from dementia.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The penultimate Miss Marple novel is overwritten and unlikely in parts, but it’s solvable and enjoyable.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Charles Osborne’s second novelization of an Agatha Christie play showcases her mystery-puzzle plotting mastery.
Movie review: Great actors team up with a sharp screenplay by Mark Chappell that understands the humorous side of Agatha Christie’s whodunits.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Late in her career, Agatha Christie reaches a dubious achievement: a novel that’s worse than “The Big Four.”
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This fascinating but failed experiment finds 14 authors handing off a baton as they choose their own adventure.