‘Mysterious Mr. Quin’ (1930) toys with supernatural
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie tiptoes close to adding the supernatural into her work in this collection that explores relationships.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie tiptoes close to adding the supernatural into her work in this collection that explores relationships.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie returns to the husband-and-wife amateur detectives in a likable short-story collection.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Strong characters from Bundle to Battle make this one of Christie’s strongest ventures into international crime.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The director paints NYC as such a cesspool that there’s no way anyone would want to set foot there after seeing “Seven.”
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Starring plucky heroine Anne Beddingfeld, this is one of Christie’s standout world-hopping adventures.
Throwback Thursday (TV review): Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep take turns being stellar.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie successfully breaks the “show, don’t tell” rule. Miss Marple engagingly solves mysteries from her armchair.
Book review: I love how Preston and Child don’t fast-forward Corrie from prickly teenager to confident FBI agent. She can be immature and impetuous.
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This novel has endless possibilities. It doesn’t mean it’s easy to guess the right one, though.
Hannibal at 40 (Movie review): While it’s less stylish than “Manhunter,” this second adaptation is a better representation of the novel.