Tag: Agatha Christie
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Miss Marple Returns in Lucy Foley’s Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
The guests at a hotel in the Alps are temporarily cut off from the rest of the world; murder and mayhem ensue. Sound familiar? It’s the plot of an Agatha Christie short story, “The Erymanthian Boar” (from the mythology-themed The Labour of Hercules), in which Poirot finds himself stranded with a motley crew of fellow…
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Agatha Christie All Year Long
This year marks a half-century since the world lost Agatha Christie, so there are extensive commemorations and several new book publications. Perhaps the most anticipated is Lucy Foley’s reboot of the Miss Marple series with September’s publication of Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel. There’s also a new Poirot limited series for television in the…
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Turns 100: Suspense and Spoilers
Agatha Christie published her daring and innovative crime novel in June of 1926. This month there are festivities galore to celebrate the centenary. It’s not like the novel hasn’t already been fêted extensively: in 2013, the British Crime Writers’ Association declared Christie the best crime novelist of all time, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd…
