by Agatha Christie How do you end a successful run? At some stage, an author tires of her characters, runs out of steam or perhaps decides that it's simply time to end it. " 'I can visualize him, developing this hobby of his .... And little by little developing a morbid taste for violence at …
Tag: Hercule Poirot
Third Girl
by Agatha Christie Fast forward three decades from the colourful world of Death on the Nile! We're now in the sixties, a time I remember quite well, the age of the Beatles, Beatniks, miniskirts and tight trousers, of long hair, Purple Hearts and angst. " 'Yes, I've killed him.... The blood got on my hands …
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie For my second post this week on the Hercule Poirot novels, I've chosen this novel from 1937, one of my favourites. '[Poirot's] glance softened as it rested on one particular couple. A well-matched pair - tall broad-shouldered man, slender delicate girl. Two bodies that moved in a perfect rhythm of happiness. Happiness …
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie An interesting lecture on the 'Queen of Crime' during our recent cruise inspired me to re-read some of Christie's stories featuring her cerebral Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express, published in 1934, is one of her best known works, having been popular also as a drama for cinema …
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