‘Presumption of Death’ (2002) vibrantly mixes history, mystery
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Walsh takes inspiration from even sketchier materials but again makes us feel we’re reading a lost Sayers novel.
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‘Presumption of Death’ (2002) vibrantly mixes history, mystery
Wimsey, Vane take next marital step in ‘Thrones, Dominations’ (1998)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Four books about Sayers’ mystery-solving spouses weren’t enough for you? Walsh has you covered with an elite pastiche novel.
All 6 Agatha Christie TV shows, ranked
TV rankings: As a new era of television adaptations approaches, we rank the six series that have run for six episodes or more.
‘Partners in Crime’ (2015) hurt by truncated run, shift to the Fifties
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): But I can see what the creators were going for if the show hadn’t been canceled. And though not a purist Tommy and Tuppence, Walliams and Raine grew on me.
Tommy and Tuppence come to screen in ‘Secret Adversary,’ ‘Partners in Crime’ (1983-84)
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie and TV reviews): Annis and Warwick are delightful but the stories are often confusing or thin.
Pearse’s ‘The Sanatorium’ (2021) isn’t all there, mentally
Book club book report: The setting of a hotel carved out of a sanatorium should be evocative, but it’s written flat enough for cross-country skiing.
‘Passing of Mr. Quinn’ (1928) a fascinating resurrection of the past
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Reprinted in 2018, the only novelization of an Agatha Christie movie is fascinating and bizarrely readable.
‘Agatha Christie Hour’ (1982) delightfully adapts romantic adventures
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): In particular, the too-short series demonstrates how well Parker Pyne plays on television.
All 8 ‘Omen’ movies and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV rankings: For the saga’s 50th anniversary, RFMC looks back at the 666 … I mean, eight … entries of the “Omen” saga on screen.
‘Ordeal by Innocence’ (2018) is Christie by way of ‘Gossip Girl’
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Though it has no likeable characters, it’s still engrossing to sort through the upper-crust grime to find the killer.