| 单词 | Agatha Christie |
| 例句 | For relaxation, I read eighty pages of Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun courtesy of Johanssen's digital book collection. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Agatha Christie couldn’t have erected a more chilling, more perfect plot. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I had Agatha Christie, the great works from the Golden Age of detective fiction and movies like “The Last of Sheila.” Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson Trace the TV Origins of ‘Poker Face’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Ms. James was one of those rare authors whose work stood up to the inevitable and usually invidious comparisons with classic authors of the detective genre, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham. P. D. James, Novelist Known as ‘Queen of Crime,’ Dies at 94 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie is up in the billions now. There are some mysteries Patricia Cornwell, crime novelist and creator of Kay Scarpetta, can't crack 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z For instance, did you know that Agatha Christie once inexplicably vanished for 11 days — and that fellow mystery writers Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy Sayers were involved in the search? Historian compiles fascinating tidbits on Hitler, Agatha Christie and others 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The Mousetrap Agatha Christie's classic whodunit about a group of strangers, one of whom is a murderer, holed up together during a snowstorm. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 10-17: '1984' and more 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z We are here to talk about Crooked House, the Agatha Christie adaptation debuting on Channel 5, before its theatrical release, in which Close plays Lady Edith, a matriarch of a very dysfunctional family. Glenn Close: ‘You lose power if you get angry’ 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z When one online reviewer dismissed the book as a cross between Bridget Jones and Agatha Christie, Ms. Steiner took it as a compliment. Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Were you an Agatha Christie fan before being cast? Michelle Pfeiffer on the Meaning of mother! and 'Unfiltered' Jennifer Lawrence 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z As Sayers became more disenchanted with what detective fiction had to offer, her fellow crime queen, Agatha Christie, was perfecting and reinventing the genre. ‘Killing People in Fiction Was Fun’: Mysteries That Have Stood the Test of Time 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Watson bossed things from the start, buzzing in with answers on questions about the walls of Jericho and Agatha Christie before either man could get to his button. Meet Watson, the computer set to beat Jeopardy's champions 2011-02-06T00:05:33Z He was also known for starring in 1980s series Manimal and Falcon Crest and appearing in the 1978 Agatha Christie film Death on the Nile. Famous faces we lost in 2010 2010-12-28T08:38:08Z He said I was going to be like Agatha Christie. Leaving Los Angeles 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z As a reader, Cavin's early tastes were more for Marcel Proust than for Agatha Christie. Ruth Cavin, editor of mysteries, dies at age 92 2011-01-10T15:57:09Z He’s lived with the character for 70 episodes of “Agatha Christie’s Poirot,” or just about all the stories ever written about this Belgian detective. David Suchet Reflects on 25 Years as Poirot 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z He describes Agatha Christie as "the queen of the genre - like or loathe her nobody comes close". Whodunnit? 2010-04-16T07:23:00Z In other pieces, we get a sense of Lem’s views on literary taxonomy, as when he claims that a reader interested in crime should read Dostoyevsky but not Agatha Christie. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z “I expect you are thinking that this is typical Agatha Christie,” writes the title story’s narrator, herself “a best-selling crime novelist.” Four perfectly drawn short mysteries by the late, great P.D. James 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Dame Agatha Christie, who barely paused between books to sharpen pencils during her near-50-year marathon mystery career, is another such marvel. Review | What is left to say about a new John Grisham novel? ‘The Guardians’ has something to add. 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie's whodunnit – the world's longest-running stage production – has been given a cast overhaul for a one-off staged reading on Sunday to mark its milestone. Mousetrap celebrates 60th birthday with star-studded cast 2012-11-16T09:56:01Z It was difficult to persuade Agatha Christie to sign over the rights. How we made the original Murder on the Orient Express 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Knowledge of the earlier books in the series isn't a requirement to enjoy this thriller, an intriguing puzzle that reads like a mixture of Agatha Christie and "CSI." 'Flash and Bones': Kathy Reichs writes a NASCAR mystery 2011-08-25T18:18:04Z This classic whodunit adapts one of Agatha Christie’s most popular murder mysteries for the big screen. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Kill Team’ and ‘The Santa Clause’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z But it's also fair to say we've moved a long way since the early 50s, when Agatha Christie was left to carry the flag – rather limply – for female dramatists. British theatre has changed more – and less – than we might think 2012-12-13T15:21:10Z Agatha Christie, whose books have sold two billion copies and have been translated into 45 languages. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z And as soon as I saw the rushes I told Sidney that no one in their right mind was going to be scared out their wits by Agatha Christie. A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett 2011-07-22T22:55:02Z Escape to the house and gardens in Devon where Agatha Christie went for holidays and found inspiration for some of her best-known detective stories. Traveling by Ear: 13 Podcasts for Wandering Souls 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “I promise you I’m not Agatha Christie,” Ms. Makariou said with a laugh, pointing to a postcard on a shelf in her office depicting Christie at her typewriter. The Louvre’s New Islamic Galleries Bring Riches to Light 2012-09-19T12:01:06Z Early on, Sherlock realizes — shades of Agatha Christie’s “The A.B.C. Murders”! — that the victims are being dispatched in alphabetical order. Review | Sherlock Holmes can never die. New books about the great sleuth are making sure of it. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In Britain, Agatha Christie specialized in murders committed by suspects you would never suspect, and Freeman Wills Crofts — in such classics as “The Cask” — showed how patient investigation can break down seemingly impregnable alibis. Review | Locked-room masterpieces from Japan are the perfect escape for summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z One of the bestselling writers of all time, Agatha Christie, was also fond of the forged or hidden will as a plot device. Last orders: what do our wills say about us? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s rich in setting and characterization, but it’s also a page-turning whodunit in the mode, as I suggested to him, of Agatha Christie. In “Orient,” the North Fork of Long Island gets the Agatha Christie treatment 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The review of Agatha Christie’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” brought back many memories, as I read most of her books over the years while riding the subway to my job in Manhattan. James Baldwin’s Review, Babe Ruth and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, has beaten Agatha Christie to the title of most successful – and highest earning – British crime writer of all time. Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie lead list of UK's top-earning crimewriters 2011-04-10T19:29:39Z The bizarre mystery that kicks off “Hi Five,” the fourth novel in the IQ series, is so complicated that it strains what Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot called his “little grey cells.” Review | Joe Ide draws on his love of Sherlock Holmes in his complex crime tale ‘Hi Five’ 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Photograph: Des Willie/BBC Traditionally, television has either dressed them up inWith straw hats and used them as the butt of jokes, or portrayed them as hapless victims in Agatha Christie adaptations. Six to watch: TV priests and vicars 2013-01-24T15:00:00Z But it is also very narrow, à la Agatha Christie. Books of The Times: Literature Can Turn Most Lethal 2011-07-06T21:30:34Z "There was a tendency to stick with those things that people assume that amateur theatre does: whodunnits, Agatha Christie, old Whitehall farces and things that bring punters in," he says. Raising the curtain on the new am-dram 2012-12-15T21:00:00Z The hyperbolic script takes an Agatha Christie approach to the few remaining passengers on the last night train from London. ‘Last Passenger’: Quirky twists throw train thriller off track 2014-04-24T20:49:24Z Yet I will add that if you were expecting an Agatha Christie ending where Poirot or Marple stands up, calmly lays out the case, and reveals the true murderer, you're in for a shock. Crime novel co-written by 26 authors 2011-07-05T15:33:23Z Not that Aleppo is any stranger to outsiders — T. E. Lawrence, Agatha Christie and Charles Lindbergh all made this city in northern Syria their stomping ground at one point. 2010-01-23T05:06:00Z Westwick will next be seen in BBC One’s Agatha Christie adaptation Ordeal by Innocence and the channel was under fire this morning for tweeting a first look image hours after Cohen’s story was shared. Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick denies rape accusation 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Finally, at about 16, Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Agatha Christie and, suddenly, books about humanism! John Cleese Intends to Have His Unread Books Buried With Him 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Last year’s adaptation of this Agatha Christie novel received mixed reviews — in part for not measuring up to Sidney Lumet’s version from 40 years earlier. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Salome’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z In my early teens I discovered Agatha Christie — the clever plotting of “And Then There Were None” made a great impression on me. Paula Hawkins: By the Book 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Louise Page has gone right back to Agatha Christie's original and remained true to it. Whodunnit? 2010-04-16T07:23:00Z Dr. Lozora’s beloved wife interrupts him during an autopsy to explain her curious theory about the connection between the Gospels and Agatha Christie. Yann Martel’s ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’ is his best since ‘Life of Pi’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Ms. de Sturler said she doesn’t know what Agatha Christie would have made of all this. A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z But what about that other fellow, the protagonist of 33 novels and more than 50 short stories by Dame Agatha Christie? Review | Who is the greatest fictional detective? A new book reminds us why it’s Poirot. 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Miss Marple This legendary figure appeared in 12 of Agatha Christie's crime novels. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z Lucy Foley’s crime novels are compared to Agatha Christie’s locked room mysteries in which murder suspects are trapped at the scene of the crime. Review | You’re not alone: Thrillers and mysteries that also feature characters stuck in isolation 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “Are you sure you didn’t fall asleep reading an Agatha Christie?” 'Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart,' by Christopher Fowler 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The actors weren’t even onstage yet when a man behind me tried to guess the culprit in Agatha Christie’s “The Unexpected Guest.” Review: ‘The Unexpected Guest,’ From Agatha Christie, Dispenses With a Bully 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Though loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” the result is, as Evans writes, “one of the most gripping closed setting detective novels in the literature of mystery fiction.” Reading for a winter’s night: The detective fiction of Todd Downing 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z James’s cunning tale is very much in the classic spirit of Christmas mysteries like Agatha Christie’s “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas,” Ngaio Marsh’s “Tied Up in Tinsel” and Martha Grimes’s wonderful “Jerusalem Inn.” Even on Christmas Eve, Criminals Don’t Take a Holiday 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z If many go on to read her work and watch the rich history of Agatha Christie screen adaptations, that can only be a good thing – it gets a lot better than this attempt. Kenneth Branagh’s "Death on the Nile" forgets Agatha Christie was a master of the murder mystery 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Were you an Agatha Christie fan growing up? Sophie Hannah Talks About Rebooting Agatha Christie's Poirot 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s not the same train that Agatha Christie once rode: This high-end version was started in 1982 by a guy from Kentucky. Train rides that spoil you with spectacular views, extravagant meals plus a butler 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie has The Mousetrap to thank for much of her fortune – it has been playing on the West End stage since 1952. Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie lead list of UK's top-earning crimewriters 2011-04-10T19:29:39Z In 1926, beloved and very famous mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. The strange case of the undead writer 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z "I think we all felt that if Hastings and Japp were in it, it would be too much like trying to write an Agatha Christie novel," she said. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot back in new novel by UK author 2013-09-03T23:08:24Z No women appear to be, though Nadia does makes him read Agatha Christie on his own time. Of course Joe from "You" is an English professor – but how is he? We grade our antihero academic 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Sullivan circles all of these possibilities like Agatha Christie with Zoom and a time machine. A Strong New Lead in ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Not least, exactly 100 years ago Agatha Christie brought out “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” the first demonstration of its author’s breathtaking narrative sleight-of-hand. Review | Agatha Christie fans, take note: Anthony Horowitz has a clever new twist on the classic whodunit 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily. Books Of the Times: ‘Vengeance,’ a New Novel by Benjamin Black 2012-08-13T21:47:45Z It’s a satisfying setup, reminiscent of an Agatha Christie mystery, the entire cast of characters marooned together in an exotic locale. A Buzzworthy Debut About a Mysterious and Secluded Artists’ Retreat 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Imagine that Agatha Christie had set a closed-room mystery on an airplane and included Wall Street and entertainment executive types in her lineup of suspects. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Fidelity informs the critical responses of Agatha Christie fans to adaptations of her work because, as film academic Christine Geraghty argues, "faithfulness matters when it matters to the viewer." Kenneth Branagh’s "Death on the Nile" forgets Agatha Christie was a master of the murder mystery 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Even the title is an homage to a work by Agatha Christie. ‘The Crooked House’ review: A murder most British 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z I don't like all that kind of stuff like red herrings, a sense of holding back necessary information from the reader, which Agatha Christie did brilliantly throughout her career. Preview: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-25T12:31:24Z In this third season premiere, Frankie visits Britain and investigates the disappearance and poisoning of an old friend, with help from none other than Agatha Christie. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Good Boys’ and ‘Money Heist’ 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Benedict takes on Agatha Christie’s most personal mystery: The 11 days in 1926 when she vanished, inciting a countrywide search and sheer panic for her family, friends and fans. 10 books to read in December 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Connery also figures in Lumet's immaculate, uncharacteristically light-hearted Murder on the Orient Express, the first and best of the period Agatha Christie whodunits. Sidney Lumet, giant of American cinema, dies at 86 2011-04-09T23:07:05Z Their friends and colleagues included Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, Agatha Christie and Gertrude Bell, a British explorer, writer and diplomat who founded the national museum in Iraq. Digital Troves, Providing Insights and Reuniting Antiquities 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s not easy to replicate the skill or success of the late Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie, played by Sophie Hannah, returns with ‘Closed Casket’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Those strictures, so quaint for Mr. Child, turn “61 Hours” into a closed-town mystery of the sort that Agatha Christie favored. Books of The Times: Lee Child?s ?61 Hours,? a Jack Reacher Thriller 2010-05-13T21:31:00Z It seemed very Agatha Christie to me, and admittedly I'm being very general since I lack an intricate education when it comes to British mystery series. How "Endeavour" dries out the heroic drunk detective myth 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z "As soon as he said 'Agatha Christie novel' I thought actually that idea would work perfectly as a story set in the 1920s," said Hannah, a life-long Agatha Christie devotee. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot back in new novel by UK author 2013-09-03T23:08:24Z This is where Agatha Christie would stay when she visited the city. Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Love it or loathe it, one thing is no mystery: Agatha Christie has nothing to fear. 'Shear Madness': long-running, but short on laughs 2012-06-07T23:04:04Z Optimistically set at the intersection of Agatha Christie and Quentin Tarantino, “Bad Times” is a hard-boiled thriller with flashes of a horror but largely a statement of authorial intent. Review: Hard-Boiled Play in ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “Let those who want pleasant murders read Agatha Christie,” Ms. James once said in a lecture. P.D. James, who brought a gritty realism to the British detective novel, dies at 94 A thread of Agatha Christie suffuses the cross-talk, as one of the dinner’s participants confesses, in the glow of late-in-the-night candlelight, to a shocking act. Review | It was a dark and stormy night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, as the talk turned to Trump . . . 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie is a particularly strong influence in these books. T Magazine: Gore Vidal, P.I. 2011-03-10T15:03:52Z It’s an homage to Agatha Christie without ripping her off. Director Rian Johnson on the moral clarity of whodunnits and the crazy "Knives Out" 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “An Inspector Calls” is like an episode of “The Twilight Zone” wrapped in an Agatha Christie mystery. Like haunted houses? Step into ‘An Inspector Calls,’ a Broadway phenomenon now touring the country. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Set in Ireland, this “clever, taut” whodunit, as our reviewer, Sarah Lyall, described it, evokes Agatha Christie classics. New in Paperback: ‘Chasing Chopin’ and ‘V2’ 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z I grew up reading Agatha Christie, of course; she and Stephen King remain the strongest literary influences on my own work. Lisa Gardner, the Thriller Writer Who Loves Historical Romance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “One does see so much evil in a village,” Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s old-lady detective, exclaims, no doubt while making cucumber sandwiches for tea with the vicar. Nazi Comb-Overs 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The Agatha Christie estate has confirmed that the story hasn't been staged in the last 30 years. Whodunnit? 2010-04-16T07:23:00Z They were passed from one of us to another — volumes by Agatha Christie, C.S. In Praise of Iris Murdoch 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z So I'm not sitting there only reading Agatha Christie. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z It was unlike Agatha Christie to open a novel with a swearword. Shedunnit – how Agatha Christie became cinema hot property 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z If you thought Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express was dazzling, wait till you read her masterpiece, And Then There Were None . Michael Dirda’s wondrous holiday book recommendations 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie sneered at Poirot and said that he was an egotistical, pompous little poppy or words to that effect. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Filming on the final five episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot is about to begin. John Cleese and David Jason reap Fifty Shades bonanza 2012-10-05T12:40:16Z When Miss Marple said the countryside was a far more murderous place than the city, Agatha Christie may not have had her tongue in her cheek. Damn His Blood by Peter Moore – review 2013-06-11T10:16:10Z Unlike the conclusions of Agatha Christie novels, real life can make only murky puddles. Dwight Garner Reviews the 'Serial' Season Finale 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In their report, the child’s physicians acknowledged their indebtedness “to the late Agatha Christie for excellent and perceptive clinical descriptions, and to Nurse Maitland for keeping us up to date with the literature.” Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of Poisons 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z There, he found his way to the theater department and discovered his calling when he was cast in the play “A Murder Is Announced,” based on the Agatha Christie novel. Jared Harris Is (and Isn’t) His Father’s Son 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “She said, I think he got it wrong. I wasn’t reading Agatha Christie because the student wasn’t playing well. But if he did play well, I’d put it down.” A survivor’s life in music 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie did not post that she was dead, nor ask fans to pre-order her book. The strange case of the undead writer 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z For fans of the old Adelphi, which had an Agatha Christie novel vibe and a lush and mysterious interior courtyard, both are gone. A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Death on the Nile Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit set on cruise ship. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 11-18: 'Time Stands Still' and more 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s like being in an exceedingly dull, slow version of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None.” The Fate of the Critic in the Clickbait Age 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” is no longer a mere theatrical work, but a Guinness World Records phenom. The Village’s ‘Mousetrap’ isn’t so snappy | Theater review 2013-01-24T23:05:16Z What better place in which to cozy up to the Queen of the Comfort Mystery, Agatha Christie? Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder Most Orderly and the Comfiest Seats in London 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Reading Agatha Christie novels now, as a drunk person, with impaired judgment, lowered cognitive capacity, and decreased short-term memory, I no longer try to guess the killer's identity in advance. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z “I don’t find it spoils an Agatha Christie a bit ‘knowing the end,’ ” he wrote, “because the characters are so interesting.” Review | Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the immortal mysteries she created 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z "My nan was a big Agatha Christie fan," she says. Learning to love Agatha Christie 2010-10-01T07:16:00Z I’m shooting something at the moment and it’s an Agatha Christie murder mystery. "Poldark" Doesn't Care That People Are Writing About His Abs 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z “Punk: Chaos to Couture” Agatha Christie, whose books have sold two billion copies and have been translated into 45 languages. What Was, Is and Will Be Popular 2013-09-06T22:52:30Z But an Agatha Christie novel might run 250 pages or so. Stephen King Reviews Tana French’s ‘Extraordinary’ New Novel 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z For the past 70 years, London theatergoers have enjoyed trying to figure out the identity of the murderer in “The Mousetrap,” Agatha Christie’s enduring whodunit. After a 70-Year Run in London, ‘The Mousetrap’ Heads to Broadway 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Surely anyone who has any critical interest in the areas has to find a way of distinguishing between Samuel Beckett and Agatha Christie. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z A country house murder mystery, it combines a plot worthy of Agatha Christie, dialogue almost as good as PG Wodehouse and action as absurd as Monty Python. The Borrowers; The Mouse and His Child; Robin and His Merry Mam!; Dial M for Murgatroyd 2012-12-23T00:04:15Z Cozies claim roots in early 20th-century British mysteries by such writers as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Murder, but gentler: ‘Cozy’ mysteries a pandemic-era balm 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Call me mushy, but there's no way Blackadder, Agatha Christie or even Doctor Who can compete with that. One Born at Christmas: a seasonal cracker 2010-12-21T13:45:53Z The idea that "Murder, She Wrote" was more inspired by Dashiell Hammett than by Agatha Christie is like finding out the Backstreet Boys were trying to emulate The Beatles. The cozy "Maltese Falcon": How "Murder, She Wrote" reinvented mysteries forever 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z During a lesson, if she wasn’t occupied by the music, she pulled out an Agatha Christie mystery and began reading. A survivor’s life in music 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z I’m not a huge fan of crime fiction and have read only Agatha Christie, nothing else, really. Why Olga Tokarczuk Likes to Read T.S. Eliot in Translation 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But there was one project Harper didn’t talk about: She was writing a murder mystery inspired by “Gone Girl,” Agatha Christie and all the other thrillers she’d loved reading since childhood. As a Reporter, She Wrote About Business. As a Novelist, She Writes About Murder. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z So she is considering employing more understudies for a forthcoming production of Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution.” Covid Surge Shuts Down West End Shows 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie sets a murder mystery on an island, and we trust her not to reveal a hidden teleportation device in the final chapter. Trump is stranger than fiction: John Altman on writing thrillers today 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Vesta, who reads Agatha Christie novels and lives in a secluded cabin on a lake, has lived a sheltered life. Ottessa Moshfegh’s Latest Is a Murder Mystery, but Where’s the Body? 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s a complex story, in the murder-in-the-manor-house tradition, that recalls Agatha Christie at her best. For P.D. James, literary success came late in life, and continues in a new book 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z “Investigating Agatha Christie,” an exhibition that explores that mystery writer’s interest in archaeology, was shown this year at the Montreal Museum of History and Archaeology and is scheduled to travel in the next few years. Digital Troves, Providing Insights and Reuniting Antiquities 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Unless you're making an Agatha Christie movie, I don't really care that much about it. Ti West on anyone walking out of his slasher film "X": "What did you think you were signing up for?" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Which leads me to my choice – Agatha Christie, the first author I discovered. Read 'em and keep: what are the books to pass on to the next generation? 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z Stine and Agatha Christie — is a less discussed but no less thorny question about the method of the revisions. It’s Their Content, You’re Just Licensing it 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The nineteen-twenties and thirties, when Agatha Christie began her career, are known as the “Golden Age of Detective Fiction,” in which a cohort of mostly British authors defined the standards of the genre. Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of Poisons 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life” was published in Britain over a decade ago and took an inexplicable amount of time to cross the pond. Review | Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the immortal mysteries she created 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z In the Agatha Christie version of this scenario, there might be a twist or three about when and how the wrong person used the key to gain access to the estate. Tana French Is at Her Suspenseful Best in ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Painted in Blood Comedy-mystery in the style of an Agatha Christie whodunit. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 23-30: 'Climax' and more 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z I suppose my first interest in crime novels started, as it did for many people, with Agatha Christie. Paula Hawkins on 'Into the Water,' her follow up to 'The Girl on the Train' 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The actor admitted he was hoping to fulfil a "lifelong dream" to film the remaining Agatha Christie's Poirot novels. Poirot actor Actor David Suchet collects CBE 2011-06-22T15:02:36Z Related: The Hateful Eight review: Agatha Christie with gags, guns and Samuel L Jackson Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Star Wars: The Force Awakens takes record Christmas box-office haul of $153.5m in US 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z If there's one thing I've learned from Agatha Christie, it's that there's no point trying to guess the end. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z Jennifer Grant, an Agatha Christie fan, bought a traveling trunk at an estate sale at Greenway, Christie's holiday home. Agatha Christie's long-lost diamonds to be auctioned 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Kill a Better Mousetrap A mentally unstable man has a bone to pick with Agatha Christie’s classic thriller in this one-act. The week ahead in L.A. theatre, Jan. 14-21: 'Shakespeare in Love,' 'Cabaret' and more 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Johnson sat down with Salon to discuss his film, Agatha Christie, and why we love a good mystery. Director Rian Johnson on the moral clarity of whodunnits and the crazy "Knives Out" 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Though this may be the first published book of Miss Agatha Christie, she betrays the cunning of an old hand. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z At the risk of heresy, let me paraphrase the critic Edmund Wilson on Agatha Christie: I don't care whodunit. Start the year in crime with Agatha Christie's children 2011-01-06T00:05:04Z An exciting new world for readers beckons, but the future for publishers is as tense as any Agatha Christie. Book publishing: Scary reading 2010-07-31T00:04:00Z A new Agatha Christie adaptation streams ahead of its theatrical release. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Crooked House’ and ‘Who Killed Tupac?’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z “The fringe was exploding in London, and we were doing ‘French Without Tears’ and Agatha Christie.” Lindsay Duncan Stars in ‘Le Week-End’ 2014-03-07T20:37:18Z “Agatha Christie became a TV property rather than a feature-film property. It made her accessible, but it was cosier.” Shedunnit – how Agatha Christie became cinema hot property 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z "There was no unkindness in Miss Marple," wrote her creator Agatha Christie, "she just did not trust people." Television: Long live Miss Marple, who returns to PBS on Sunday 2010-05-21T17:03:00Z Better-than-decent adaptations of classic material like Agatha Christie’s “The Witness for the Prosecution” are plentiful on Acorn. Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel, Shudder: Exploring Fringe Caves Online 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z My reading for the evening was an Agatha Christie novel that I’ve been dipping into but need to finish quickly for a book-club meeting I’m supposed to attend. Readers' Night Out 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Two big screen adaptations revived Agatha Christie’s work last year. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Sex & Love Around the World’ and ‘The Beguiled’ 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie The title of Christie's whodunit refers to the witnessing of a rich man's will. John Mullan's 10 of the best: wills 2012-07-06T21:55:19Z Time and again, Banville sets up and then deftly demolishes the Agatha Christie format he seems to be aping. John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Stoppard’s “Inspector Hound,” a sendup wandering into the surreal of the sort of British detective mystery epitomized by Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” is pretty much a perfect bit of craftsmanship. Playwrights get last word in delightful ‘Critic’ and ‘Real Inspector Hound’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z That's a great idea — Agatha Christie meets "Two Pianos, Four Hands" — and, for some of the show, it works deliciously. Without a real killer, this 'Murder' a misdemeanor 2011-05-17T21:08:00Z Had Agatha Christie written it, it might have been called “The Kindergarten Murder.” In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The grand dowager of that species is Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” which has been running in the West End for more than half a century. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie was just beginning her career when the overnight success of her first Hercule Poirot novel caused her to disappear for a fortnight. Monsters Unleashed 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z I really learned to read on the Oz books and the Hardy Boys books, and actually The Hardy Boys sort of led me into the Agatha Christie world. Hollywood Jack-of-all-Trades Adam Shankman on His New YA Novel 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In the course of her career, Agatha Christie killed hundreds of characters: some by drowning, some by stabbing, and one with a crowbar. Agatha Christie and the Golden Age of Poisons 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie wrote novels in which the reader plays the sleuth; you meet suspects and search for patterns and slips, and there's almost invariably a finale that tests your own conclusions. Dan Brown still can't write, but he deserves some respect 2013-05-16T11:45:00Z In London he was the original detective in Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap.” Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z And ever wondered from whom Agatha Christie got the title of at least one of her books? 10 from Tennyson 2011-03-07T18:06:49Z "Blame it all on Agatha Christie/And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," goes a rousing tune from the 1970s musical spoof, "Something's Afoot." Murder with a sense of humor in Taproot's 'Something's Afoot' 2011-07-27T23:47:03Z Wilson, who found Agatha Christie’s masterpiece — as well as almost all other mystery novels — to be the literary equivalents of crossword puzzles, would find ample support for his contempt in “Snow.” Review | John Banville’s new novel begins, like a game of Clue, with a body in the library 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z About Agatha Christie she says, “It’s widely accepted by historians that Christie was a particularly well-loved and cosseted child.” “The Art of the English Murder” is a great read, but light on historical sources “I don’t believe we need to leave what I would term offensive language in our books, because frankly all I care about is that people can enjoy Agatha Christie stories forever.” As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Phelps has written a number of crime shows for the BBC, including five adaptations of Agatha Christie novels, that privilege dark psychology and lurid twists over plot logic and coherent characterization. ‘A Very British Scandal’ Review: Claire Foy Gives Up the Crown 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z A classic whodunit in the spirit of Agatha Christie, by the creator of "Foyle's War." Washington Post bestsellers: July 16, 2017 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The director Sidney Lumet assembled a train full of famous actors for this classic take on the Agatha Christie story of the same name, about a billionaire’s on-rails murder. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ and New Year’s Eve 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z In Agatha Christie’s novels, terms like “Oriental,” “Gypsy” and “native” have been taken out, and revised versions of Ian Fleming’s “James Bond” books will be scrubbed of racist and sexist phrases. As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie, however, once said that the best murder was simply to push someone down the stairs. Doctor Who | A Touch of Frost | Jonathan Creek | TV Review 2010-04-05T05:45:00Z Rule of Two A pairing of one-act thrillers by mystery writer Agatha Christie: “The Rats” and “The Patient.” L.A. theater openings, Nov. 20-27: 'Mamma Mia' and more 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But “The ABC Murders” rips them apart so thoroughly that the mystery becomes, why bother adapting an Agatha Christie novel at all? Review: In Amazon’s ‘ABC Murders,’ John Malkovich Is a Sad Poirot 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie did this brilliantly, all the time. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z This intermittently diverting movie is adapted from a 1949 Agatha Christie novel, and it’s several degrees more engaging than another recent Christie-based movie, “Murder on the Orient Express.” Review: A ‘Crooked House’ of Murder and Resentment 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained moustache who, with the help of his "little grey cells," was very good at solving crimes. Poirot at 100: the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z No, this murder mystery is not by Agatha Christie, but by Anthony Horowitz, whose “Magpie Murders” was published by Harper in the United States this week. Anthony Horowitz’s Whodunit Within the Whodunit 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z "Whenever I wrote for 'Agatha Christie's Poirot,' . . . I could do almost anything with the stories I was adapting except change the murder and the solution," said Horowitz. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z In 1926, Agatha Christie vanished without a clue for 11 days. If the author of ‘Woman in the Window’ is a serial liar, can we still love his book? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Leo is considering making a screen version of a whodunit, "The Mousetrap," Agatha Christie's hit play that has just staged its 100th performance. "See How They Run" is a comic whodunit that falls flat except for the dead guy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery novel “Death on the Nile” was slated hit theaters this holiday season. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Mr. Mayor’ and ‘Tiger’ 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z He directed a highly successful Agatha Christie mystery, the all-star "Murder on the Orient Express," as well. Sidney Lumet, director of classic films, has died 2011-04-09T16:26:00Z So I had written this Agatha Christie script. “It’s very topical”: “Hidden Figures” screenwriter on her breakthrough blockbuster 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s the sort of eulogy that, in Agatha Christie fashion, makes everyone’s skin prickle, and makes them wonder if the killer is in the room. A Human Wrote This Book Review. A.I. Wrote the Book. 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The arch tone grows stale when it’s not clear Buffini will make a substantial point, though the menacing Agatha Christie tone pays off with a quick twisted finish. Review | Susan Derry brings polish to Keegan’s ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z They stayed two years at the Ambassadors with The Mousetrap, of which its author Agatha Christie prophesied that "we should get a nice little run out of it". Richard Attenborough obituary 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z I have found great comfort in the last decade in reading and watching old Agatha Christie mysteries. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z However, when one is a little bored, nothing may revive one as much as an Agatha Christie or two. Why the Nobel-Winning Economist Amartya Sen Recommends ‘King Lear’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The short answer, for me, is that I have developed a compulsion to drunk-dial Agatha Christie several times a week. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z A devotion to Agatha Christie does not require you to be either a fiendishly clever murderer or a detective. A taste for words 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Some books once considered crime are so popular they must now be classified as general mainstream literature – there's a complete absence of Agatha Christie or Ian Fleming on this list, for instance. Top 50 classic crime novels – what would make your list? 2013-07-24T05:37:28Z Agatha Christie at the typewriter surrounded by some of her 80 books. Learning to love Agatha Christie 2010-10-01T07:16:00Z The popularity of the post led to Rooney being nicknamed “Wagatha Christie” — a portmanteau of WAG and Agatha Christie, the mystery writer — for her detective work. The Enduring Appeal of ‘Wagatha,’ Now on Stage and Screen 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z As this version of Agatha Christie’s “Ordeal by Innocence” begins, the members of the Argyll household are making grim preparations for a wedding. ‘Ordeal by Innocence’ Review: A Suspect in the Family 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Nimrud was excavated by a series of archaeological missions since the 19th century including in the 1950s by British archaeologist Max Mallowan, who was accompanied by his wife, detective novelist Agatha Christie. Drones fly over ancient Nimrud to help secure Assyrian ruins 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Readers will recognize the obvious homage to Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” but with enough ingenious twists to make this whodunit another triumph for Ware. Bodies of Evidence 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But he was on both sides of the lens — directing and acting — for this Agatha Christie adaptation, in which he plays the fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Oratorio’ and ‘Dexter: New Blood’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z “Rather dreadful for an English girl to marry a Turk, I think, don’t you?” a character in Agatha Christie’s “Dumb Witness” says. Reading Racist Literature 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Weekly wrote, “It’s like an Agatha Christie novel, only with drag queens.” The 99-Seat Beat: Holiday theater to get you in the spirit, from Jane Austen to Chico's Angels 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Key to the Agatha Christie narrative – on screen and on the page – is the puzzle. Kenneth Branagh’s "Death on the Nile" forgets Agatha Christie was a master of the murder mystery 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Clem Attlee's favourite reading matter was Agatha Christie; yet his 1945-51 administration brought us the Arts Council, empowered local government arts spending and set money aside for a National Theatre. Election 2010: What happened to the arts? 2010-05-03T12:04:00Z A real reader dances from Mantel's or Self's latest to a Henry James or Agatha Christie or Lucretius. Why do we need a light show to see Hadrian's Wall? 2012-08-23T14:59:31Z As Alice de Sturler leafed through her used copy of Agatha Christie’s “The ABC Murders” last month, she was shocked to discover a compelling mystery not on the pages, but between them. A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Is it a sophisticated one, layered with direction and misdirection, subterfuge and secret identities, motivations both hidden and not, like the Agatha Christie yarns it supposedly pastiches? Murder Mystery: the film that asks – what is Jennifer Aniston doing? 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie is third in line behind Shakespeare and the Bible. Judy Collins Is Picky About Audiobook Readers and Folk Singers 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Poirot, or rather the actor who plays him, is on the case in the new special "The Mystery of Agatha Christie With David Suchet." TV This Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: 'Reign' on KTLA 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Bacall concentrated on theatre for the rest of the 1980s, with only another Agatha Christie ensemble piece Appointment With Death making any waves. Lauren Bacall: a career in clips 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Dunn’s forebears are writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. ‘Heirs of the Body’: Daisy Dalrymple back on the case 2013-12-12T20:53:22Z “Mousetrap,” the longest-running stage play in the world, is an Agatha Christie mystery whose surprise ending has not been spoiled by audiences over the decades. My trip to London was canceled, so I took it on YouTube instead 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z I’ve loved Agatha Christie ever since I read “The Body in the Library” when I was 12. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s estate has licensed a new mystery about her famous Belgian detective. Flynn’s Rapp latest character to outlive creator 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The whodunit comedy “See How They Run” is set backstage in a 1950s London production of the long-running Agatha Christie play “The Mousetrap.” ‘See How They Run’ Review: An Agatha Christie Mystery Spoof 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The 31-year-old Stevens, who read English at Cambridge, quickly became a fixture on Brit TV playing elegant gents in adaptations of Jane Austen, Agatha Christie and Henry James. Review: In The Guest, Dan Stevens Goes from Downton Abbey to Dirty, Deranged Harry 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Not exactly an Agatha Christie moment, but enough to break my reverie. A Writing Retreat by Rail, From Paris to the Côte d’Azur 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But it’s also a whodunit to rival anything by Agatha Christie. ‘Secret City,’ an Epic Narrative History of the Closet in the Capital 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z He did the inevitable Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None, alongside Oliver Reed and a host of European heavyweights – presumably at the behest of the multinational group of financiers. Richard Attenborough – a career in clips 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z In those days, before the Internet, I remember trading Agatha Christie novels with classmates and haunting the local lending libraries. Perspective | How one writer shook up the Golden Age detective novel 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z It's very much like jigsaw puzzles and Agatha Christie. A Minute With-British folk singer Hardy on delving into the past 2013-12-18T13:22:11Z Though her written work has been more Allen Ginsberg than Agatha Christie, Smith said she has "loved detective stories" since she was a child. Patti Smith writing detective novel 2011-01-27T10:13:03Z Much the same could be said of Martin Edwards’s reconsideration of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Anthony Berkeley and the other founding members of the Detection Club. Summer’s hidden gems, selected by Michael Dirda 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Talk about a hit: Agatha Christie’s signature play “The Mousetrap” had its London debut in the West End in 1952. Mamet, ‘Mousetrap’ among new shows in Seattle 2013-01-10T22:10:12Z Ninety years after the publication of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie is as popular as ever. Gallery: On the trail of Agatha Christie's enduring appeal 2010-10-01T09:50:00Z His work, he says, is more akin to novel writing than fine art, though on this evidence Borges or Kafka, rather than Agatha Christie, are his touchstones. Ryan Gander: Locked Room Scenario ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:08Z Agatha Christie mystery gets 21st century debut By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News An Agatha Christie play that hasn't been staged for more than three decades is being resurrected this week. Whodunnit? 2010-04-16T07:23:00Z Besides clever plotting that Agatha Christie would envy, his work can be touching, humorous, tragic, frightening or all of them by turns. Review | Why O. Henry is so much more than those short stories you had to read in school 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z I recently confided this worry to a colleague, who, in an attempt to make me feel better, pointed out that, in the greater scheme, drunk-dialing Agatha Christie isn't such a terrible vice. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z She is the rightful heir to Agatha Christie's plotting throne. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Can you imagine Agatha Christie writing herself into her final Hercule Poirot novel to discuss the detective’s case with him as it unfolds? Review | Montalbano says farewell in the lovably quirky novel ‘Riccardino’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Audiences came along to it the way Broadway theatregoers might sit down to something by Agatha Christie or Ira Levin. The Trouble With Harry: Hitchcock's lost masterpiece 2012-07-02T18:00:01Z Earlier reports have said that the most popular books are Agatha Christie's mysteries, Kahlil Gibran and the Harry Potter novels. A glimpse into Guantánamo Bay's library 2013-05-03T15:38:29Z From Agatha Christie to Elizabeth George, Louise Penny to Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers to Raymond Chandler, the reading list at the back of the book is to die for. 'Gardening Can Be Murder': The safest place to encounter these toxic plants 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The affair was quickly nicknamed Wagatha Christie, a reference to Wags - a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers, and to the author Agatha Christie, famous for her detective novels. Coleen Rooney reveals how she went about Wagatha 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A detective story emerges, with an Agatha Christie assortment of culprits, played out in a connect-the-dots fashion, with stakes that never seem weighty enough. Review: ‘The Engagement Party’s’ decor is sharper than its wit 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Short and thick-bodied, dressed in a bespoke suit and round, owlish glasses, Leo looked like a character from an Agatha Christie mystery. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Upon the release of ChatGPT nearly a year ago, Montana-based author Jamie Ford asked the generative AI to write him the opening page of a novel in the style of Agatha Christie. Northwest authors allege ‘egregious theft’ of their work by AI companies 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The outspoken ambassador, who is known for his colourful tweets, compared the absence to an Agatha Christie mystery And Then There Were None and Shakespeare's Hamlet. Li Shangfu: Top US envoy questions China defence minister’s absence 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z You once mentioned working on an homage to Agatha Christie. Why mystery-lit icon Kate Atkinson went apocalyptic 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie died many years ago, but her beloved detective Hercule Poirot is alive and well and still solving mysteries in brand-new books. Step back in time with these 4 crime fiction novels 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Directed by Branagh, from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the novel “Hallowe’en Party” by Agatha Christie. Review: The wrong person is killed in 'A Haunting in Venice' 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z A life-sized bronze statue of crime novelist Agatha Christie is to be unveiled in the town where she lived. Agatha Christie statue to be unveiled in Wallingford 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z His daughter said finding information regarding his care in hospital and how he became infected was "almost like an Agatha Christie mystery". Covid Inquiry: Bodies were treated like toxic waste, says daughter 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z A fallen tree trapped people for hours at the former holiday home of Agatha Christie in Britain. Reconsidering the Staycation 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z In “And Then There Were None,” the classic novel by Agatha Christie, 10 people are invited to a mansion on a remote island, cut off from the rest of the world. Visitors Are Briefly Trapped at Former Home of Agatha Christie 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Other highlights include rare and first editions of books by Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse and James Joyce. Charlie Watts' book collection to be auctioned 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Dame Agatha Christie's figure will be seated on a bench overlooking the Kine Croft, as if drawing inspiration for her next novel. Agatha Christie statue to be unveiled in Wallingford 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z When it comes to the specific influences of “The Afterparty,” Miller unsurprisingly credits the complete works of Agatha Christie, the movie “Clue,” as well as the detective shows “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote.” A new mystery to solve in Season 2 of Christopher Miller’s ‘The Afterparty’ 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Subsequently, he appeared in several other Broadway shows including Mel Tolkin‘s “Maybe Tuesday,” the musical “What Makes Sammy Run” and a New York production of Agatha Christie‘s “The Mouse Trap.” Barry Newman, 'Vanishing Point' speedster and 'Petrocelli' star, dies at 92 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z This game, popular for Christmas and in some places on Halloween, also was featured in one of the few Agatha Christie novels that involves the murder of a child, which seems fitting. A roundup of drinking games through time, from Kottabos to Flip Cup 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Walter Mosley is always in high demand, “and then Agatha Christie has had a huge resurgence. We cannot keep her on the shelves.” In Fremont, Ophelia’s Books balances 26 years of tradition with bold new plans for the future 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z "In the town, she only ever introduced herself to people as 'Mrs Mallowan - not everybody knew that she was Agatha Christie." Agatha Christie statue to be unveiled in Wallingford 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Over the years, I’ve periodically relied on Agatha Christie for relaxation, but I’ve generally avoided the books of the early and mid-1920s when she experimented with thrillers, comedy and the supernatural. Review | Vacation’s all I ever wanted. But books were all the escape I needed. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie continues to find new fans, and her estate had those readers in mind when it recently removed bigoted language from some of her novels. Your Tuesday Briefing 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Words like “Oriental,” “Gypsy” and “native” have been stripped from books by Agatha Christie. Your Tuesday Briefing: Ukraine Prepares a Counteroffensive 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Ware’s clever plots have been compared to Agatha Christie’s, and “The It Girl” is another psychological thriller that will make even savvy readers uncertain about whodunit. The best books from 2022 that we’ve read in 2023 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In this adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s most beloved mystery novels, a pair of mysterious deaths pulls infamous detective Hercule Poirot out of retirement. What to do around Seattle this week: Seattle Boat Show, film festivals and more 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It came for us one by one, like a calculating antagonist in an Agatha Christie novel. Why COVID is different this year, according to experts 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The conclusion of this bad Agatha Christie murder mystery will come as no surprise: Authorities pronounce themselves unable to conclusively identify the perpetrator. Opinion | Was leaking the Dobbs opinion the perfect crime? It sure looks that way. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Indeed, the series started because I wanted to give my own children heroes of kindness, compassion and perseverance, which is what Judy Blume and Agatha Christie gave to me. Advice | Ask Amy: Celebrate the holidays by putting ‘A Book on Every Bed’ 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Or do the continued sales of Agatha Christie novels show that Whodunits never left in the first place? Glass Onion: Daniel Craig's Knives Out sequel continues Whodunit craze 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z This season leaned hard into the larger whodunnit renaissance — “Knives Out” meets one of Agatha Christie’s beach resort novels. Let's break down that 'White Lotus' finale: Our biggest surprises, disappointments 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s whodunit “The Mousetrap” is coming to Broadway. Holiday Rituals 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie's whodunit premiered in London's West End on 25 November 1952, and the writer initially thought it might run for only eight months. The Mousetrap: Agatha Christie's West End hit heads to Broadway after 70 years 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Seventy years ago today, Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap” opened in London. Your Friday Briefing: Covid Protests Grow in China 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z "But in the UK specifically, they're pretty constant. A year probably doesn't go by where there isn't some new imagining of an Agatha Christie story." Glass Onion: Daniel Craig's Knives Out sequel continues Whodunit craze 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z You can also vote to see part of the play as if written by someone like playwright Samuel Beckett, or with elements of an Agatha Christie murder mystery or a blockbuster summer movie. With your help, Pony World Theatre’s ‘Not/Our Town’ questions a classic 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Based loosely on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories, the series centered on Jessica Fletcher, a middle-aged widow and former substitute schoolteacher living in the seaside village of Cabot Cove, Maine. This week’s passages 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Based loosely on Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories, the series centered on Jessica Fletcher, a middle-aged widow and former substitute school teacher living in the seaside village of Cabot Cove, Maine. ‘Murder She Wrote’ actress Angela Lansbury dies 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “The true mystery of Agatha Christie is, ‘Why her?’” Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Set in London's West End in 1953, See How They Run follows a director's efforts to transfer the success of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap from the West End to the big screen. Glass Onion: Daniel Craig's Knives Out sequel continues Whodunit craze 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z She was dubbed “Wagatha Christie” — a play on the slang term “WAG,” for wives and girlfriends of soccer stars, and the name of crime author Agatha Christie. Rebecca Vardy to pay $1.7M in costs after losing court fight 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z After $100,000 in building renovations and hundreds of volunteer hours, Valley Center Stage reopened last October with Agatha Christie’s play, “The Mousetrap.” Is there a North Bend arts scene? 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “See How They Run,” a witty whodunit, riffs on Agatha Christie. Your Thursday Briefing: Russia’s ‘Partial Mobilization’ 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And then there’s the enormous portrait of Agatha Christie hanging next to the guest bed. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “See How They Run,” which stars Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan, deconstructs the whodunit by creating a fictional murder mystery while filmmakers work to adapt an actual Agatha Christie play into a movie. What to watch with your kids: ‘See How They Run’ and more 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Yet while admitting the ingenuity of an Agatha Christie and a John Dickson Carr, Symons scarcely hid his disdain for mysteries that were essentially puzzles, games with the reader and howdunits. Review | Martin Edwards’s ‘The Life of Crime’ will thrill mystery fans 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The setting is London’s West End where the 100th performance of Agatha Christie’s hit stage whodunit “The Mousetrap” is being feted. ‘See How They Run’ review: Saoirse Ronan charms in this mousetrap of a murder-mystery 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “With apologies to Blonde, this was my favorite glass-centric song. The title has an oddness to it that reminds me of ’70s paperbacks or even some Agatha Christie titles. Rian Johnson unpeels ‘Glass Onion,’ his ‘Knives Out’ sequel 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z It is tempting to say that Agatha Christie is having a moment. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Writer-director Rian Johnson thanked a different majesty, the "queen of murder mysteries Agatha Christie," of whom he said every part of the series drew inspiration. Daniel Craig says 'very lucky' to work with Queen Elizabeth 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie, we are reminded, “casually discloses the solutions to four of her earlier novels in ‘Cards on the Table,’ presumably because she thought hardly anyone would read them in future,” while J.K. Review | Martin Edwards’s ‘The Life of Crime’ will thrill mystery fans 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z These last are presented in column form; they are challenging to read and involve a mix/match game of characters, pseudonyms and red herrings that would give Agatha Christie a heart attack. Column: The new J.K. Rowling book is not great, but it has nothing to do with transphobia 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z There’s a long list of suspects in this droll comedy based on Agatha Christie’s long-running stage play “The Mousetrap.” Here are 10 movies to look forward to in fall 2022 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But as any Christie devotee will tell you, Agatha Christie, who died at age 85 in 1976, is always having a moment. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Taproot Theatre, for example, lost the last seven performances of Agatha Christie’s “Black Coffee” in August after an actor got COVID, exposing the other cast members. How Seattle-area arts groups are finding a new normal amid inflation, staffing shortages and more 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z I’ve often wondered what it is about Agatha Christie that has made her books so popular. Perspective | Miss Marple is Agatha Christie’s best character. A new book reminds us why. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z McDermid joked: "Obviously, you see that on the poster, you're going to go, 'Oh, queen of crime, we're not going to read that Agatha Christie any more are we?' It's just astonishingly pitiful." Queens of crime: Val McDermid reveals legal threat over Agatha Christie title 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Thallium was used as a poison in the Agatha Christie mystery story “The Pale Horse.” Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z For six years, thousands of Agatha Christie enthusiasts across the globe have downloaded the podcast for what one listener described as a “joyfully geeky” take on the Queen of Crime’s expansive canon. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z What starts out as a slick, streamlined delivery system for mayhem, carnage and quippery finally finds its inner Agatha Christie. Review | ‘Bullet Train’: A chaotic trip to nowhere, with Brad Pitt on board 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Rooney was dubbed “Wagatha Christie,” a play on the slang term “WAG” — wives and girlfriends of soccer stars — and the name of crime author Agatha Christie. Coleen Rooney victorious in ‘Wagatha Christie’ court battle 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Author Val McDermid has said Agatha Christie's estate has threatened legal action against her publisher for promoting her as the "queen of crime". Queens of crime: Val McDermid reveals legal threat over Agatha Christie title 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie was an English writer of detective novels. Who Is ‘Wagatha Christie’? Let Us Explain. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The answer, said Mark Aldridge, a historian and author of “Agatha Christie on Screen” and “Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World,” is simple. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z During my recent bout with COVID, I was doing what I always do when I am ill or exhausted or in need of mental comfort: rereading Agatha Christie. Column: Self-serve beer at Dodger Stadium? Nope. Let's take the 'self' out of 'self-service' 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z “My childhood friends were Agatha Christie and Stephen King,” says the eponymous narrator of “Daisy Darker.” Review | Summer reading picks: 3 new mystery novels with vacation settings 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “I love trains because they remind me of Agatha Christie novels,” said Islam Dawoud, 36, sinking into her red plush chair and gazing out the window. Rumbling Through Modern Jordan, a Railway From the Past 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie is a category unto herself, the grand dame, the fount from which so much mystery writing springs. Our TV critic picks 42 cozy mysteries to curl up with this summer 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z For John Curran, author of “Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making,” the key is her accessibility. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The meeting between Alithea and the Djinn, as he’s known, plays out in the same Istanbul hotel room where Agatha Christie wrote “Murder on the Orient Express.” A TikTok contretemps, and a delicious eat-the-rich satire, at Cannes 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Throw in Jane’s wacky spiritualism and lavish outfits, corporate corruption, academic animosities, warring newspapers and more suspects than you’d find in an Agatha Christie novel, and you have enough material for a full season. 'Who Killed Jane Stanford?' Solving the cold case of a California founder's murder 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Rooney’s apparent sleuthing skills led to the case becoming known as the “Wagatha Christie” affair — playing off the WAG acronym and the name of the detective novelist Agatha Christie. ‘Wagatha Christie’ Case Offers a Riveting Peek Into Celebrity Culture 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Wag is a term used to describe the wives and girlfriends of footballers, while Agatha Christie was a famous English detective novelist. Rebekah Vardy is 'highly unreliable witness' says Coleen Rooney's lawyer 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “There was nothing scandalous in Agatha Christie, so she started reading those.” Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In one letter to The Buffalo News, Ms. Massey praised her local public access TV station for broadcasting “Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case,” an adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery. Katherine Massey, Buffalo Shooting Victim, Wrote to Newspapers Calling for Gun Control 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The nickname is a tabloid homage to the detective novelist Agatha Christie. ‘Wagatha Christie’ offers her side in whodunnit libel case 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Mrs Rooney's claim, which she posted online in October 2019, swiftly went viral, and soon saw her given the nickname "Wagatha Christie" - a nod to Wags and crime author Agatha Christie. Vardy v Rooney: Vardy 'had no choice' but to bring libel case, court told 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z For all its open sky, “The Lioness” better resembles an Agatha Christie locked-manor-house mystery, with bodies falling like clockwork, than a gripping survivalist yarn. Review: Why a new historical thriller on the Serengeti is better (sorry) than Agatha Christie 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “It was a podcast hosted by two people who are not only as keen on Agatha Christie as I was, but who wanted to talk about her in granular detail.” Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Interrogating the origin of this interest for solving mysteries, Sciamma points to a combination of the ’70s cop shows she watched growing up, such as “Starsky & Hutch” or “Columbo,” and her preferred author, Agatha Christie. How Céline Sciamma made the film every parent and child should see together 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Would this letter writer have complained about a book reviewer who referenced Shakespeare or Tolstoy or Camus or Woolf or Agatha Christie? Feedback: Hollywood history and the Academy Museum's stumble 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z For example, if Agatha Christie had a favorite houseplant, it may be the Monstera. What was Agatha Christie's favorite plant? We take a guess. 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Initially, “No Exit” looks like another iteration of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” with its group of stranded strangers and an unknown criminal in their midst. Review: A woman gets stuck at a remote park with a criminal in the Hulu thriller 'No Exit' 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “Death was not kind to Agatha Christie. Just as it isn’t kind to any of us,” Donovan said in the first episode to air after Brobeck died. Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In the first of a new series reviewing Hollywood book adaptations, Bonnie Johnson asks if Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie reboot is necessary. 'Death on the Nile' vs. 'Marry Me': Murder tops romance at Valentine's Day box office 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Disney and 20th Century Studios' "Death on the Nile," based on the famous Agatha Christie novel, took in $5.1 million on Friday, an underwhelming tally. Box Office: 'Death on the Nile' Besting 'Marry Me' in Quiet Super Bowl Weekend Showdown 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z “Death on the Nile” is based on Agatha Christie’s same-named mystery novel and is a follow-up to 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express.” What to watch with your kids: ‘Moonfall,’ ‘Death on the Nile’ and more 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z This isn’t your grandmother’s Agatha Christie, in other words. Review | With ‘Death on the Nile,’ Kenneth Branagh humanizes Hercule Poirot 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z There’s only one “cold case” story in the entire Agatha Christie canon, and it’s the one Christie herself lived, not wrote. Review | What happened to Agatha Christie in 1926? A new novel explores her curious disappearance. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, “Death on the Nile” sees Branagh reprise his role as Det. 'Death on the Nile' vs. 'Marry Me': Murder tops romance at Valentine's Day box office 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Young Selena Gomez makes a perfect third partner in a mystery about people who love mysteries, with all the misdirection of an Agatha Christie novel. The 13 best TV shows of 2021 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z However, while the legacy of other writers such as Agatha Christie have lived on, Ethel's reputation has faded into the background. Ethel Lina White: The Abergavenny writer who inspired Hitchcock 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z “The dying woman who points at her own killer — it was like a bad novel by Agatha Christie,” Mr. Rouart said. A Socialite, a Gardener, a Message in Blood: The Murder That Still Grips France 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z After that Catherine and I watch the Agatha Christie series “Poirot.” How the Resident of an N.Y.C. Cemetery Spends His Sundays 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z On a winter night in 1926, a young Agatha Christie put her daughter to bed, told the maid she was going for a drive and vanished. Review | A tantalizing mystery: Why do our brains love the unknown? 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z And the whole murder-mystery-in-an-exquisite-setting is a time-honored tradition dating back to Agatha Christie. 'The White Lotus' drops a bomb in its wild finale. We break it all down 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z By contrast, Agatha Christie was a refuge of definitive resolution. The Mystery of My Obsession With Agatha Christie 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The actor will be seen next year reprising his role as detective Hercule Poirot in his new film version of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile. Sir Kenneth Branagh: The Browning Version cancelled due to Covid-enforced absences 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Popular classic mysteries include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s indelible detective series, “Sherlock Holmes” and Agatha Christie’s whodunits like “Murder on the Orient Express.” Get lost in a story: 5 book genres for you to enjoy | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z We started with Agatha Christie, thinking that my teenage nieces might participate, but they snubbed us, and the grown-ups went all in. Opinion | In a Pandemic, Finding Comfort in the Arts 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z If she could live in the Agatha Christie universe she’d be very happy. How George Hahn, Urban Raconteur, Spends His Sundays 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The house where Dame Agatha Christie wrote some of her most famous crime novels is up for sale with a guide price of more than £2.75m. Agatha Christie: Wallingford home on sale for £2.75m 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Cozies claim roots in early 20th-century British mysteries by such writers as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Murder, but gentler: ‘Cozy’ mysteries a pandemic-era balm 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He was permitted to watch television and read — in addition to political tracts, his captors furnished him with French translations of the novels of Agatha Christie — and to pass time with single-player card games. James Cross, British diplomat kidnapped by Quebec separatists, dies at 99 of covid-19 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The special “Agatha Christie’s England” visits some of the locales that inspired the whodunits of the British mystery writer. What’s on TV This Week: 'Resident Alien,' 'Euphoria' and more 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z That’s because they involve two of the world’s most famous names in sleuthing: Dame Agatha Christie and Detective Sherlock Holmes. Review: Cozy up your holiday reading with homages to Dame Christie and Dr. Holmes 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Rooney's apparent detective skills earned her the nickname Wagatha Christie - a play on Wag and Agatha Christie, the English writer famed for her detective novels. Wagatha Christie: A uniquely British feud 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z My comfort read I’ve been rereading a lot of Agatha Christie. Tana French: 'I cannot see the point of DH Lawrence’s Women in Love' 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Last year she published “They All Fall Down,” a riff on Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” with a Black female protagonist. A South L.A. crime novelist's long road to writing one of best books of the year 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie featured characters with split consciousness or dual personality in her short-story collection The Hound of Death. The housewife, the ghost hunter and the poltergeist 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The invader moved as swiftly and invisibly as the perpetrators on Agatha Christie’s Orient Express, leaving doctors and health officials with only fragmentary evidence to sift through. Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Gloriously escapist thrills from an Agatha Christie for the Instagram age. The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s sleuth Miss Marple must mix with the horsy set to prove murder. Movies on TV this week: 'Terms of Endearment' and more 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “I had an aunt who was a novelist who wrote Agatha Christie kind of stories and she got me interested.” Did you know? This Columbus city official is also an author 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The striking plot of one of Agatha Christie’s best-known mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, surprises each new generation of readers. Whodunnit? Did Agatha Christie ‘borrow’ the plot for acclaimed novel? 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z He also enjoys reading Ursula K Le Guin, is currently “neck-deep” in his umpteenth rereading of The Lord of the Rings, and is fond of Agatha Christie for her focus on people’s hidden motives. Natural talent: the 16 year-old writer taking the world by storm 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Brooke-Taylor popped up in a number of cameo roles over the years in shows including One Foot in the Grave, Heartbeat and Agatha Christie's Marple. Obituary: Tim Brooke-Taylor 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z I was reading Agatha Christie as a little boy. Leslie Jordan is our feisty quarantine uncle 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z When I was an anxious closeted teenager, my doorway to an alternative world where order was attainable was the work of Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L. Sayers. We asked authors what they read, hear and watch in quarantine. Here's Rigoberto González's diary 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Brooklyn Nine-Nine When a prank goes awry, things at the precinct take a distinctly Agatha Christie turn in this new episode of the police comedy. What's on TV Thursday, March 26: 'Outmatched' on Fox; Coronavirus TV Specials and more 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z At times it reads like an Agatha Christie mystery with twists and red herrings. Review | How DNA testing is reshaping the ways we think about ‘family’ 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s tweedy sleuth Miss Marple is a juror with a hunch about a murder trial. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Of course, it goes all the way back to Agatha Christie. Leslie Jordan is our feisty quarantine uncle 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z They were mystery novels, by the likes of Agatha Christie, Charlotte Armstrong and Rex Stout. Appreciation: Mary Higgins Clark and her endearing women in peril 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Love From a Stranger A sweepstakes winner is romanced by a mystery man in this Agatha Christie thriller. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Never Not Once,' 'Fun Home' and more 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z "Many people who live here constantly need support," explains Pantalaimon Korolev, a chatty young monk who learned his English from Agatha Christie and computer games. Do Russians care what Putin does next? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s sleuth Miss Marple gets a job at an estate where she thinks there’s a corpse. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The year’s most ingeniously plotted movie was also the first Hollywood release in years to pay homage to Agatha Christie while actually understanding the honest-to-God pleasures of Agatha Christie. 9 reasons why the 2020 Oscar nominations didn't totally suck 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The Unexpected Guest A stranger stumbles upon a murder in this Agatha Christie mystery. Theater in L.A. this week: Cirque du Soleil's 'Volta' and more 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Bonus fact: there’s actually a character named Judith Butler in an Agatha Christie novel. Our Favorite Crossword Clues of 2019 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z In “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” by Agatha Christie, the reader eventually discovers that it is the narrator — the voice we have come to trust — who has been the murderer all along. The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But now, 30 years after the show — an unexpected hit — moved to London’s West End, it’s still playing there, the second-longest-running show in history, trailing only Agatha Christie’s indefatigable “The Mousetrap.” Long-running play ‘The Woman in Black’ comes to the Shakespeare Theatre Company 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But it’s also a sharply contemporary project, not an Agatha Christie period piece. Why Rian Johnson wanted to make Knives Out a modern-day whodunit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The Agatha Christie play last week celebrated 67 years of continuous running in the West End - first at the Ambassadors then, since 1974, the St Martin’s. Native Americans will take centre stage in the Mayflower celebrations 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z And with some exceptions — she got darker as she got into her later period — Agatha Christie’s books very often do leave you with a good feeling, like good has prevailed. 'Knives Out' ending explained: How Rian Johnson's socially relevant mystery pays tribute to the past 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The wild popularity of Agatha Christie novels in England followed swiftly the deaths of hundreds of thousands of young British soldiers in the First World War. The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z And so while “Knives Out” may superficially resemble an archly knowing spoof of Agatha Christie, the truth is that few spoofs demonstrate such consummate cleverness, such moment-to-moment mastery of the conventions they’re satirizing. Review: Ingenious and irresistible, 'Knives Out' is a criminally good time 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Where is Agatha Christie when you need her? Opinion | Someone hid my book at an Idaho library. So I’m bringing 10 of them to hide myself. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Pablo Picasso and Agatha Christie are among notable people who were dyslexic. North Carolina editorial roundup 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Were there mystery writers besides Agatha Christie that you were thinking about? 'Knives Out' ending explained: How Rian Johnson's socially relevant mystery pays tribute to the past 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie wrote a murder mystery featuring foxglove, which produces cardiac glycosides. These Butterflies Evolved to Eat Poison. How Could That Have Happened? 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z He spent more than an hour fielding questions from Dutch TV crews at the team’s Swan Hotel on Friday — the place where crime writer Agatha Christie hid out for 11 days in 1926. Dutch invade Harrogate hoping to crown 'King Mathieu' 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Most people are fans of something, whether it’s the Red Sox, “Hamilton,” or Agatha Christie. Superfans: A Love Story 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Rian Johnson’s murder mystery “Knives Out” is a star-studded, affectionate ode to Agatha Christie, with some contemporary twists on the genre. In razor-sharp ‘Knives Out,’ Johnson revives the whodunit 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z His finished product bursts with such references, whether “Sleuth” and “Deathtrap,” Agatha Christie adaptations or lighter genre spins like “Clue” and “The Private Eyes.” 'Knives Out' ending explained: How Rian Johnson's socially relevant mystery pays tribute to the past 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Mousetrap Theatre Palisades stages the classic Agatha Christie whodunit about disparate characters stranded at an English country inn during a snowstorm with a murderer among them. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Always Running,' 'Witch' with Maura Tierney and more 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z A U.S. reporter joins the search for writer Agatha Christie, lost for 11 days in 1926. Movies on TV this week Aug. 25: 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) and more 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Ready or Not, on the other hand, has been marketed more like an Agatha Christie drawing-room mystery, with cartoonish aristocrats romping around an old-timey mansion filled with secret passages and loyal servants. The Most Dangerous Game is this weekend’s best streaming bet 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z When finished, all I wanted to do was read some Agatha Christie novels — the ultimate compliment to a biographer. 6 paperbacks to pick up, including bios of Arthur Ashe and Agatha Christie 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z People might be surprised to see Agatha Christie on your bookshelf. Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’ 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Wells’ “The Invisible Man” and Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile,” both arriving at the multiplexes in 2020. This summer, read the book; watch the movie or TV series 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z In Agatha Christie’s Evil Under the Sun, the killing depends on an unsuspected kind of doubling, so the victim becomes an alibi for her own murderer. From evil twins to deepfake videos: the best books about doppelgangers 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The movie is described as a tribute to acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie, meaning the solution to the mystery is probably complicated, and anything is possible. The first trailer for Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is a wild take on whodunits 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z And Then There Were None Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island only to be murdered one by one in Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit. SoCal theater listings, April 28-May 5: ‘Two Pints,’ ‘Daniel’s Husband’ and more 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The first time I paid attention to a book and found it interesting was The Four Fifty from Paddington by Agatha Christie. Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’ 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The Secret of Chimneys The Group Rep presents stages this adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery about an adventurer who uncovers a deadly conspiracy. SoCal theater listings, March 24-31: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and more 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z There’s more to this Agatha Christie mystery that was solved by presidential thumbs at 7.30am, right around the time all the morning TV shows were collectively aghast at McCabe’s revelations. Trump's reaction to McCabe shows he may be the most useless of them all | Richard Wolffe 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z They discussed plans, already set in motion in London, for Hannah to write the first official Agatha Christie continuation novel. A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Amazon Prime is launching its original series Agatha Christie Presents: The ABC Murders, inspired by the novel of the same name. Everything coming to Hulu, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now in February 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Spider’s Web A diplomat’s wife uncovers murder most foul in Agatha Christie’s comedic thriller. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Jan. 6-13: ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘The Manor’ and more 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z He resigned as foreign secretary in July, barking “Chequers is dead” as if he were in an Agatha Christie novel and had just discovered the body of the butler at the bottom of the stairs. Frankie Boyle’s review of 2018: 'Let's forget Brexit and enjoy our last Christmas with running water' 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z His scenes were cut from BBC Agatha Christie drama Ordeal by Innocence following the claims last November. Ed Westwick returns to filming White Gold 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z All this encouraged the thought that the novelist now writing as Agatha Christie had hired a detective to investigate her editor, whom she suspected of lying about a fatal disease. A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The Hollow A weekend gathering at a country estate is interrupted by murder in this Agatha Christie whodunit. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Nov. 4-11: 'In a Booth at Chasen's,' 'Measure for Measure' and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The Mousetrap Agatha Christie’s classic thriller about strangers stranded together during a snowstorm with a murderer among them. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Sept. 16-23: 'The Cake,' 'Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden' and more 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z I’ve developed my own hunch, based particularly on the names Waters gives her characters, one of which directly invokes the dramatis personae of a famous Agatha Christie novel. Review: ‘The Little Stranger’ is a 1940s English ghost story that finds the virtue in ambiguity 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Stylistically, Amazon Prime’s “Ordeal by Innocence” is Agatha Christie through and through, and that should come as no surprise. Review: Amazon's 'Ordeal by Innocence' is pure Agatha Christie — even with some new twists 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z It will have the flavor of an Agatha Christie story, and will be partly set in a Victorian mansion. A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A British family has more than a few skeletons in its closet in “Ordeal By Innocence,” a new limited series adapted from the Agatha Christie novel. TV This Week, Aug. 5-11: 'Freaky Friday,' 'Lodge 49' and more 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie would have loved the scenario: a confined space, multiple personal histories, several ways to die. Naked geology, dazzling light… my journey into the Arctic 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z After the allegations emerged last year, the BBC cut Westwick out of its Agatha Christie drama Ordeal by Innocence and "paused" filming on the second series of BBC Two comedy White Gold. Ed Westwick will not be prosecuted in US 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie books and other mystery novels feature an amateur crime solver: a “Miss Marple”. Nathan Myhrvold: ‘Nasa doesn’t want to admit it’s wrong about asteroids’ 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z King Farouk sailed on the Sudan, as did Agatha Christie, whose voyage allegedly inspired her 1937 novel “Death on the Nile.” A Nile Cruise with Retro-Glamour Appeal 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z “It’s like having too many viable suspects in an Agatha Christie novel,” Wetzel says. Piecing together the puzzle of Huntington’s disease 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Nobody has to be as talented as Agatha Christie’s famous fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot to see the truth of this observation. "Plug and Play" Genetics, Racial Migrations and Human History 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z When they start dying, the book becomes a twist on Agatha Christie’s classic “And Then There Were None.” All the best new crime fiction for summer 2018 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie chronicled savage acts in English country houses and village rectories. Who’s Killing Off Residents of This Island Nation? Crime Writers 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Another favorite of Agatha Christie, the hotel, which dates back to 1899, is a decadent hodgepodge of Egyptian and French architecture. A Nile Cruise with Retro-Glamour Appeal 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie herself visited during the legendary expedition, which inspired her novel Murder in Mesopotamia. ‘One of the most important’ sets of Middle East artifacts unveiled 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z They were looking for evidence about the disappearance of Agatha Christie, the crime novelist. A Victorian survivor 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z But some were unhappy with the way the adaptation differed from Agatha Christie's original storyline. Was changing Ordeal by Innocence right? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The beloved British mystery writer finally gets her due in Laura Thompson’s “Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life.” Finally published in the U.S.: a splendid biography of the mysterious Agatha Christie 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The Mousetrap A murderer is among a group of strangers trapped in a snowed-in boarding house in Agatha Christie's classic thriller. The week ahead in L.A. theater, March 11-18: 'An Undivided Heart,' 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music' and more 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Then there’s the Agatha Christie Benefit: Some divorced people get a bonus from Social Security only if their former spouse dies. Perspective | How late-in-life dads — like Trump — are eligible for a Social Security bonus 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “One of the first things you need for an Agatha Christie mystery is an enclosed space,” Prichard said. Inside Christie’s world: Postcard from the Orient Express 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z I’m sorry @BBC - was Dame Agatha Christie’s writing just not good enough for you? Was changing Ordeal by Innocence right? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life” was published in Britain more than a decade ago and took an inexplicable amount of time to cross the pond. Finally published in the U.S.: a splendid biography of the mysterious Agatha Christie 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The annual awards, honoring traditional mysteries a la Agatha Christie, will be presented in April at the Malice Domestic conference in Bethesda, Maryland. New in crime fiction: a wicked noir, a World War II-era thriller 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Annie slopes off early to finish her book on bees in the reading room and Helen and Sara are arguing over which was the best Agatha Christie novel. Is reading better for you than a spa? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z As custodian and CEO of the Agatha Christie estate, Prichard handles artistic rights and must OK productions using Christie’s work. Inside Christie’s world: Postcard from the Orient Express 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z So some arrogant BBC writer thought they could do better than Agatha Christie? Was changing Ordeal by Innocence right? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Let’s just spoil the end of this play right now and get it over with — because “Straight White Men,” by the marvelously stealthy bomb-thrower Young Jean Lee, is not an Agatha Christie mystery. Young Jean Lee’s latest play, ‘Straight White Men,’ will make you uncomfortable 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A new transmission date will be made in due course, co-producers Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited said. Ed Westwick removed from BBC drama 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z But a mystery fan at her core - Agatha Christie is her favorite - Gilbert developed her own mystery series, set in her native West Virginia. Love of words led to writing career 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z But a mystery fan at her core — Agatha Christie is her favorite — Gilbert developed her own mystery series, set in her native West Virginia. Love of words led to writing career 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Bethany: I worried a little that I was missing Important Clues while attempting to see what I was eating in the dim, but Agatha Christie ain’t rocket science. Dinner at a Movie: A food writer and a movie critic try eating salad in the dark at Cinebarre 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Pretty soon, the NFL is going to become one of those tales in which people keep disappearing, one by one, like Agatha Christie’s plot in “And Then There Were None.” Perspective | Tom Savage needed better protection — before and after he got knocked out 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z The Agatha Christie novel “The Pale Horse” used thallium as its murder weapon of choice. Italy man arrested on suspicion of poisoning entire family 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z McDermid's body of work has earned her the nickname "Queen of Crime" in the British press, a title bestowed, in earlier times, on Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and, more recently, P.D. 'Insidious Intent' shows Val McDermid deserves her Queen of Crime crown – LA Times 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It easily beat out the comedy sequel “Daddy’s Home 2” and the lavish Agatha Christie adaptation “Murder on the Orient Express,” even as both posted solid openings. ‘Thor’ tops ‘Daddy’s Home 2,’ ‘Orient Express’ at box office 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The BBC pulled an Agatha Christie adaptation from its television schedule and halted production on a second sitcom starring the “Gossip Girl” actor. The Weinstein effect: list of men accused of sexual misconduct 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The BBC pulled an Agatha Christie adaptation from its television schedule and halted production on a second sitcom starring the “Gossip Girl’ actor. Weinstein’s Impact: List of men accused of sexual misconduct 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence, due to be on BBC One at Christmas, will not be scheduled "until these matters are resolved", the BBC said. Actor's shows on hold after rape claims 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “Murder on the Orient Express” is based on Agatha Christie’s classic novel. Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ gets a smart, colorful adaptation 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z In his withering 1950 essay “The Simple Art of Murder,” Raymond Chandler wrote that the solution to Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” was so far-fetched that “only a half-wit could guess it.” Kenneth Branagh gives good Poirot, clumsy direction in 'Murder on the Orient Express' 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Directed by Branagh, from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the novel by Agatha Christie. ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ review: a sometimes bumpy but always enjoyable ride 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Agatha Christie’s books sell between 2 and 4 million copies each year globally. Poirot is a show-off, but he’s brilliant. That’s why I brought him back to life 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z When the pressure gets too much she turns to Agatha Christie. Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The 217-mile link will include a cargo track along the old passenger line that once carried the trains immortalized in the Agatha Christie novel “Murder on the Orient Express.” As China Moves In, Serbia Reaps Benefits (With Strings Attached) 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Hodgkin was also a voracious reader who was devoted to the works of Agatha Christie. The secret life of Sir Howard Hodgkin - BBC News 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The classic Agatha Christie mystery “And Then There Were None” gets a teen-themed update in the new thriller “Ten: Murder Island.” TV This Week, Sept. 10-16: 'Top of the Lake,' 'La La Land' and more 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z His portrayal of Agatha Christie’s most loved character is superb. Poirot is a show-off, but he’s brilliant. That’s why I brought him back to life 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Particularly his “Calling of Saint Matthew” and “Martyrdom of Saint Matthew” fit into the Agatha Christie tradition, the question of which figure is Matthew haunts the former, and who murdered him the latter. Caravaggio the criminal: The violent life and crimes of an artistic genius 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z But feigning the kind of amnesia from which Agatha Christie apparently suffered is much more difficult than it might appear. Was Agatha Christie's Mysterious Amnesia Real or Revenge on Her Cheating Spouse? 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z As absurd as it seems to invoke Agatha Christie to describe a movie propelled by searing profanity, graphic savagery and general depravity, “Free Fire” owes much of its parlor-game suspense to her cozily murder-minded mysteries. Review | ‘Free Fire’ is a one-room chamber piece of depravity and violence 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z I was 17 when I started working on my first Icelandic translation of an Agatha Christie novel. Translating Agatha Christie into Icelandic: 'One clue took 10 years' 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Often, at my events, people tentatively ask me things like: “So, are you Agatha Christie now?” Poirot is a show-off, but he’s brilliant. That’s why I brought him back to life 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Works by Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson and P. G. Wodehouse all featured tontine members plotting to kill one another in hope of a big payoff. When Others Die, Tontine Investors Win 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z He is also expected to direct and star in Witness for the Prosecution, based on the Agatha Christie story. Ben Affleck reveals alcohol treatment - BBC News 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The temptation, for Theresa May, will be to skip the flight home, put her feet up, pour herself a gin-and-tonic, crack open an Agatha Christie, and wish the world away. Theresa May’s American Adventure 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Though famous in his own right at the time, Mallowan is better known as the husband of Agatha Christie , who accompanied him and photographed and filmed the digs. A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z There were some things about Agatha Christie’s writing that I did want to emulate: not the prose style itself, but her blueprint for what the ideal crime novel should be and do. Poirot is a show-off, but he’s brilliant. That’s why I brought him back to life 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Though famous in his own right at the time, Mallowan is better known as the husband of Agatha Christie, who accompanied him and photographed and filmed the digs. Turning Iraq history to rubble, leaving the mess to looters 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z As in any good Agatha Christie mystery, there are so many suspects that it’s hard to find the real killer. Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories are a generation in the making | Jill Abramson 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Those who rode the Orient Express, from Paris to Istanbul, could feel a part of elegant old Europe, with a homicidal frisson of Agatha Christie lurking in the next car. The History of Southern Africa, by Train 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The company scooped up a majority stake in Agatha Christie’s literary estate, and it used the murder mystery classics to form the bedrock of a $4.99-a-month paid content YouTube channel aimed at British audiences. AMC Networks could claim controlling stake in Robert L. Johnson’s movie firm 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z They began to demo the platform with a series of text-based adventures that resembled interactive Jane Austen or Agatha Christie novels, filled with intrigue and disparate characters. Video games where people matter? The strange future of emotional AI 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Now comes “The Six” by Laura Thompson, author of books on subjects as diverse as greyhound dog racing, Agatha Christie and the Lucan Affair and, most recently, a biography of Nancy Mitford. The Mitford sisters: Better than a Downton Abbey episode 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie is set to loom even larger in the British TV schedules after BBC One agreed to show seven new adaptations of her classic mysteries. BBC One mines Agatha Christie novels for seven more TV dramas - BBC News 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z I imagined something like the setup in an Agatha Christie movie: a convergence of exotic strangers on a remote locale. The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie passed through on her way to the digs of northern Syria with her archaeologist husband Max Malloran. Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection - BBC News 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z With a churning plot worthy of Agatha Christie, and fresh on the heels of her best-selling thriller “In a Dark, Dark Wood,” Ruth Ware twists the wire on readers’ nerves once again. ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’: now you see her, now you don’t 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z It also looked after the works of Agatha Christie and Harold Pinter. Guyana's gifts to the world - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Farhadi’s meticulously plotted humanist thrillers have suggested an ingenious synthesis of Agatha Christie and Jean Renoir; his new film, per its title, will add a dash of Arthur Miller to the mix. Cannes 2016: 11 films our critic can’t wait to see 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The name George Mason sounds like a character from an Agatha Christie novel — some daft butler with deeply repressed class resentments who ends up cracking his boss’s skull with a trowel. ASSLaw is the butt of jokes. So what? | Dave Schilling 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Audiences grow increasingly fascinated by television shows and podcasts fueled by tales of true crime, wanting to watch narratives spool out, like poorly written Agatha Christie knockoffs. The fresh lens of 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' exposes the same societal ills 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z And Then There Were None While the guests continue to die, the survivors are in danger of losing their minds in the conclusion of this two-part mystery based on the Agatha Christie novel. Monday's TV Highlights: 'Better Call Saul' on AMC 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z You are cordially invited to dine — sorry, that should read "die!" — alongside the ill-fated guests in a star-studded two-night adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery thriller "And Then There Were None." TV This Week, March 13-19: 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday' and more 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The movie, billed in the opening credits as “The 8th Film by Quentin Tarantino,” is a beastly brew: a blend of Agatha Christie and Sergio Leone, spiked with postmodernist poison. The Sadistic Vision of “The Hateful Eight” 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Writer-director Tarantino has described his post-Civil War picture, set largely in a Wyoming roadhouse with a blizzard raging outside, as an Agatha Christie western. 'Hateful Eight' amounts to hot air 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Related: Agatha Christie festival to host cookery demonstration with poisonous twist The first consideration must be availability. What's your poison? Why sparkling cyanide shouldn't be your weapon of choice 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "Christie ... used to keep all of her fan letters and she replied to every single one," Julia Wilde, director of business development at Agatha Christie Limited, said. Tweeting on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie goes social 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z When she was able to read a novel again, it was a familiar and much-read Agatha Christie in which the mind is simply trying to solve a puzzle. Obama is right: novels show us who we are, and how others see us | Linda Grant 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Past visitors of the town in its heyday include Edward VII and Agatha Christie, but now the mansions that line the seafront are boarded up. Weekend Edition: The week's best reads - BBC News 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z International superstars Agatha Christie and Yehudi Menuhin were regular visitors. How do you rescue a seaside town? - BBC News 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Among women novelists, probably only Agatha Christie before her and JK Rowling since have created such individualistic fictional worlds for such a huge and enduring readership. For Jackie Collins, the show always went on 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z "Murder on the Orient Express," written by Agatha Christie in 1934, celebrated its exotic mystique. Old Orient Express Balkan railroad route points way for new life for immigrants in Europe 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z “Murder on the Orient Express,” written by Agatha Christie in 1934, celebrated its exotic mystique. Balkan immigrant rail tracks follow old Orient Express route 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z A collection of previously unseen and rare photographs of Agatha Christie are on display at an exhibition marking the 125th anniversary of the author's birth. In pictures: Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait - BBC News 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The images are of Agatha Christie and are a world away from how most people picture the crime writer – often as a friendly older woman at work on a battered Remington typewriter. Agatha Christie exhibition shows queen of crime as roller-skater and surfer 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z There were few European women takers, however, until Agatha Christie visited Hawaii in 1922. A Short History of Surfing 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The actor is currently touring the UK in a stage version of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, which plays this week at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon. Paul Nicholas lands EastEnders role - BBC News 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z A new exhibition showing previously unseen photographs of British writer Agatha Christie is to open in London. Agatha Christie as a young woman in new exhibition - BBC News 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z And how, for that matter, could he have written a 150-page book of essays on the European novel without mentioning a single female writer apart from Agatha Christie? How important is Milan Kundera today? 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Photograph: © Agatha Christie Mallowan 1946/PR More than 70 years ago, Christie recorded her arrival at Palmyra, her usually light tone giving way to one of genuine emotion. Agatha Christie's little-known Syrian memoir to be republished 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Muncie Central High School students are using iPads as they prepare to perform the Agatha Christie play “And Then There Were None.” Muncie students among first to try digital play scripts 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie used that story as a plot device in “The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side.” Rubella Has Been Eliminated From the Americas, Health Officials Say 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The Orient Express name has long been synonymous with luxury train cars and widespread notoriety from the Agatha Christie novel, “Murder on The Orient Express”. From Orient Express To Belmond The Transformation Is Well Underway 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z When the month is over, to borrow from Agatha Christie, it looks as though we’ll be saying: And then there were none. How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Jagger, a 3-year-old Irish Setter, collapsed and died after leaving the show with a bellyful of poisoned beef, leaving his owners distraught and triggering a canine whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie. AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Thanks to the book's popularity, they became the fashionable Dandie Dinmont, beloved pets of Queen Victoria, Sir Edwin Landseer, and later Agatha Christie and Sir Alec Guinness. Painting reveals dog breed's story 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Mathew Prichard, the grandson of novelist Agatha Christie, donates the royalties from some of her work to art projects in Wales. Private funds 'cannot plug' arts gap 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The Agatha Christie whodunit is the world’s longest-running show of any kind. The World’s Longest-Running Musical Started Small — and Stayed Small 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Throughout the years, it’s been the regular haunt for Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie and Edward VII amongst others. Last-Minute Tickets for London's Most Glamorous New Year's Eve Parties 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z And so, in the summer of 1935, he launched Penguin Books, with ten titles, including “The Murder on the Links,” by Agatha Christie. The Birth of Pulp Fiction | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z “This is not an Agatha Christie case — it’s a case that modern policing should be able to handle,” he said. Hearings Open Into Killings of Two British Tourists on Thai Island 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Agatha Christie is said to have based the character on a Belgian refugee she met in her home town of Torquay. How 250,000 Belgians didn't leave a trace 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Had more twists than 10 Agatha Christie mysteries and was longer than a Russian novel. Dodgers lose a marathon, 8-5, to Nationals in 14 innings 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z With Twain definitively out of the running for this quote though, and unless it can be proven otherwise, Agatha Christie deserves at least a tentative full-credit for now. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z His youthful appearance nearly cost him the lead role in the original cast of “The Mousetrap,” because its author, Agatha Christie, didn’t think he looked like a police detective. Correction: Britain-Obit-Richard Attenborough 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z In 1952, he originated the role of Detective Sergeant Trotter in Agatha Christie’s stage thriller “The Mousetrap,” which became the longest-running play in theater history. Richard Attenborough, director of ‘Gandhi,’ dies at 90 His youthful appearance nearly cost him the lead role in the original cast of “The Mousetrap” because its author, Agatha Christie, didn’t think he looked like a police detective. Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Its close ties with the worlds of literature and film also fueled the legend of the Orient Express, inspiring authors like Graham Greene, Joseph Kessel, Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie. The Luxurious Orient Express Train Rolls Into Paris In A One-Of-A-Kind Exhibition 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z |
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