Third time’s charming for ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ (2022)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Writer-director-actor Hugh Laurie massively improves upon the two previous adaptations of Christie’s 1934 romance-mystery.
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Third time’s charming for ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ (2022)
All 16 of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple books, ranked
Book rankings: With a twinkle in my eye, I rank the complete literary canon of the iconic spinster sleuth.
All 40 of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot books, ranked
Book rankings: The novels and short story collections about the brainy Belgian get treated to order and method as I rank them from worst to first.
Jonsson makes ‘Murder is Easy’ (2023) into an easygoing tale with substance
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Though faithful to Christie in most ways, the reinvention of Luke Fitzwilliam adds a fresh spin.
‘Murder is Easy,’ and so is romance in 1982 adaptation of Christie’s book
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): America and Britain, and the 1930s and 1980s, clash in the first and most sudsy adaptation of the novel.
All 12 Philip Marlowe movies and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV list: Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye has taken on a variety of guises through the years, leading to varying quality of films and TV shows.
‘Pale Horse’ (2020) a pale imitation of the source novel
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Sarah Phelps’ grim run on the British TV adaptations ends with a whimper in a rejiggered story.
Game, set, match: ‘Towards Zero’ (2025) is a Christie-adaptation winner
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): This three-episode BritBox miniseries simmers in relationship drama like a Westmacott novel.
‘Storm Front’ (2000) double-generically launches Dresden Files
Book club book report: Jim Butcher’s popular series starts off in clunky fashion, likely to appeal more to fantasy fans than hardboiled mystery lovers.
Glover heads up TV’s alterna-Marlowes in ‘Red Wind’ (1995)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV reviews): “Fallen Angels” also adapts Chandler’s “I’ll Be Waiting.” Plus: A look at other small-screen Marlowes.