The Poisons of Agatha Christe

Agatha Christie remains one of the most popular and famous of mystery writers. She often used poison to dispatch her victims. This hub article covers some of the common, and readily available, poisons she used, plus also the not-so common poisons.

Is This Really The Final Curtain? - Waiting For Pastiche

It is a coincidence that I ran upon this question a day after I finished reading the final installment of a popular long-lived mystery series. The gist of the question here is exactly what I thought; What now? This book is so good and so full of...

Truly Blank Verse

Truly Blank Verse I am not at all what might be considered a fan of poetry. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I read, and read voraciously. I consume mounds of magazines with rigorous, some might say rabid, regularity (as long as they are not People...

Mysteries: What is a Cozy Murder Mystery? Cozy Defined ---- Maybe

If you've been wanting to know the official definition of a "cozy" mystery --- this article probably won't help much. If you've been looking for answers to your questions about how to tell a "cozy" from other kinds of mysteries --- no clue on that topic, either. However, if you like reading whatever you believe might be "cozy" mysteries, you'll have a good time reading my Hub. It's always fun to celebrate our lack of knowledge, right?

Train, Rain, and Pain

Recent business reverses force me to reappraise my writing career. My ill-advised attempts to ‘corner’ the Internet has led to the ownership of twenty-three copies of The Game of Monopoly, near insolvency, and an embarrassing criminal...

The ABC Murders

Let’s start with a word game. Think of a list of authors who have written books about serial killers. Thomas Harris. Check. James Ellroy, Bret Easton Ellis. Check. And not forgetting the pioneering Jim Thompson. Even the most comprehensive list...

Agatha Christie's Jewel on the Dart

In 1938, Mrs Max Mallowan (better known to avid readers worldwide as Agatha Christie) bought Greenway House for £6,000 – considerably less than the sum she expected to pay. Intended to be used as a family...

Old Movie Review: Agatha Christie's "Evil Under the Sun" with Peter Ustinov

My review of "Evil Under the Sun," a 1980s film adaptation of an Agatha Christie / Hercule Poirot mystery novel. Gracious, Professor McGonagall (actress Maggie Smith), such language!

Murder Mystery - English Style

Murder. Why are the British so good at it? From Agatha Christie to P. D James, Arthur Conan-Doyle to Colin Dexter, British mystery writers have dominated the world. Read about Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Mrs. Bradley, Morse and more and determine what makes a host of quiet, well-spoken, unemotional Brits so good at killing - between the pages of a cottage mystery or police procedural, that is.

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None