Tag: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie and the Character of the Victim

I’ve been on a Christie binge, and yet once more. I’m re-reading Evil Under the Sun while alternating 4.50 to Paddington and Dead Man’s Folly as evening viewing. Interspersed with The Magpie Murders, which is terrific, but moves along at a very stately pace. There’s a Japanese adaptation of 4.50 to Paddington that I’d love…
Christmas Mysteries: New and Old

I have a fondness for publishers’ efforts to package a motley collection of mostly non-holiday themed stories under a a Christmas-y title, with perhaps 1-2 actual Yuletide tales. It’s a good way to put together what is effectively a miscellany of shorter works by authors who usually write novels. Since short stories can be ephemeral,…

Agatha Christie and the Character of the Victim