Tag Archives: Agatha Christie

BOOK TO SMALL SCREEN: Miss Marple by Agatha Christie

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Ela

Agatha Christie’s detective novels have been often filmed or televised, with Margaret Rutherford portraying Miss Marple in a number of films, the plots of most of which were entirely unrelated to the books Christie actually wrote. Unfortunately that also seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime fiction, Filmed adaptations, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

RECOMMENDATION: Short stories

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Ela

I don’t read a lot of short stories, and some writers are better than others in creating their worlds, but it’s a form of fiction which I do enjoy. I haven’t read any stories by some of the acknowledged masters … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Lists, Not A Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Sparkling Cyanide – Agatha Christie

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2006: in ‘1940s Omnibus’, originally published 1945) Like Towards Zero, Sparkling Cyanide is one of Christie’s ‘stand-alone’ detective novels published during the war years but which does not refer to the war and seems to be set before it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Towards Zero – Agatha Christie

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2006, in ‘1940s Omnibus’; originally published 1944) Though this book was published during the Second World War, the war is never mentioned in the book, nor rationing nor any kind of shortages, and thus was probably either written before … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

N or M? – Agatha Christie

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2006, in ‘1940s Omnibus’; originally published 1941) This is the third of the five books featuring Christie’s husband-and-wife detective team, Tommy and Tuppence (really Prudence) Beresford. It’s the early days of the Second World War, and both Beresfords, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Clocks – Agatha Christie

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2002, originally published 1963) This is one of Christie’s later books, and although it features her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, he is really only a minor character, with most of the narration and detection being undertaken by one Colin … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments