Many people picture Agatha Christie as either a nice elderly lady who knits too much and has a flair for investigating mysterious deaths, or a witty Belgian detective with an egg-shaped skull. I read my first Agatha Christie novel, Death on the Nile, when I was around twelve or thirteen, and have since devoured many…
The ABC Murders Amazon series, much like its Agatha Christie predecessor ‘And Then There Were None‘, gathers a stellar ensemble for a brooding, unhurried narrative that lacks the pzazz of the original books. The ABC Murders marks the resurrection of the legendary Hercule Poirot, one of Christie’s most iconic and timeless characters, in this latest…
Come on a journey to the spine-tingling universe of murder mysteries as we explore captivating whodunits and rate Agatha Christie books in order of most deaths. Step right up and discover the hidden gems, shocking turns, and nail-biting cliffhangers that have crowned Agatha Christie the one and only ruler of the mystery genre. Get ready…
In ‘The Good Death’, the year is 1370, and the manor of Somershill in Kent has seen better days. But for its lord, Oswald de Lacy, the past has never been more pressing. Oswald’s mother, a powerful woman, is dying, and she has a letter in her possession that conjures up images of the horrible…
Set amid the rolling countryside of Kent, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, the lavish Coopers Chase Retirement Village is nestled in the center of an idyllic Garden of England. Four friends — Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim, and Ron — meet on a weekly basis to try to solve unsolved murders in the Jigsaw Room….
Shari Lapena’s latest home thriller, Not a Happy Family, is misleading, and its title is nothing short of an understated description. Following Fred and Sheila Merton’s gruesome murders in their mansion on Easter Sunday, events in the days following the incident took place in a non-inspirational fashion. In order to inherit their parent’s wealth, in…
An impressive, must-read thriller from author Stuart Turton, THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER is the sequel to THE 7½ DEATHS Involving EVELYN HARDCASTLE, and it finds an international investigative team traversing a darkened ocean on a ship in a horrifying mystery of sea monsters, curses, and pirates. Pepper, spices, and silk are being sent…
This newest serial killer, dubbed the Lovelorn Killer, last struck in Chicago 20 years ago, so Annalisa Vega should not be investigating him. During her teenage years, she dated Colin, the son of the seventh murder victim. Despite Annalisa’s profession as a detective, she dives into Joanna Schaffhausen’s multi-layered mystery, Gone for Good, as a…
Peculiar as it may seem, Ruth Ware’s modern-day Christie novels mimic Queen of Crime Agatha Christie in certain respects, with Lucy Foley writing today’s “popcorn reads” in the same style, but featuring a greater dose of drama and exaggerated elements. In addition to that, Foley also establishes a delightful mix of suspense, both classic and…
Sometimes a book enters your life and gradually enters your heart. This was Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me this year’s book for me. Once I heard Reese Witherspoon turn the book to a television series with Julia Roberts, I came up with the copy. It literally brings together three of my favourite…