Agatha Christie

Lethal she was, and I was here on the English Riviera, hot on her trail. The undisputed "queen of mystery writers," Dame Agatha Christie, is the best-selling author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Each...

In this article: Cornwall, England, Torquay, National Trust, Charles Kingsley, and Clovelly

...are drawing in and fear stalks the nights. Well, it does if the number of mystery games coming out on the DSis anything to go by. Agatha Christie's moustachioed creation Hercule Poirot is the star of 'The ABCMurders for DS' while her partner...

In this article: Hercule Poirot, James Patterson, Women's Murder Club, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and US

...rely on the queen of crime to dish up a juicy story line. Just ask Sheila Clarke. Such is the theatre producer's affection for Agatha Christie's work, the Edinburgh Makars' have decided to focus their new festive show on Christie's...

In this article: The Hollow

..."Terror in Mumbai. " Written and directed by Dan Reed (whose resume includes documentary films, episodes of "Lewis" and "Agatha Christie: Poirot" and the Gillian Anderson feature "Closure"), it is very well made, but it is also the sort of...

In this article: Mumbai, HBO, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Ideology, Poirot, Newsweek, Lewis, and Gillian Anderson

...will heal itself if it fractures. AFTER 21 years playing super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, David Suchet returns with one of Agatha Christie's best-known works. Pair are fined for tossing pigeons A FOOD firm has launched an internet turkey...

In this article: Toast, Hercule Poirot, Facebook, David Suchet, Britain, and Serbia

...not everything in its collections are treasures hence, the artifact cull. Consider the boring old picnic basket known as the "Agatha Christie basket," which contains fragments of pottery of unknown origins. If it had belonged to the author,...

In this article: London Museum, Marsupial mole, Brandeis University, University College London, London, Intrinsic value, Lead poisoning, Dog, and Ambrose Fleming

Brian J. Smith of "Stargate Universe" plays Hector MacQueen in the new ITV production of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express." Brian J. Smith is filming "Murder on the Orient Express." MGM photo Anyone who watches PBS'...

In this article: Hercule Poirot, David Suchet, PBS, ITV, Stargate Universe, and Anthony Hopkins

...of former FIA president Max Mosley. "It (Formula One) could be seen as a parody of "Ten Little Indians," the detective novel by Agatha Christie, first published in England back in 1939, but the reality is much more serious," a...

In this article: Formula One, Ferrari, Max Mosley, Bridgestone, Honda, Lotus, Ayrton Senna, and Colin Chapman

...contract runs out at the end of next season. In a statement released on its website, Ferrari compared the sport to the Agatha Christie detective novel 'Ten Little Indians' in which the murderer is not exposed until after the other...

In this article: Ferrari, Formula 1, Bridgestone, Max Mosley, Toyota, Renault, BMW, and Honda

...up a kind of sister store in Ann Arbor. As a great book town, Ann Arbor seemed a good fit for Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookstore. Playing off of Agatha Christie's unofficial title as The Queen of Crime, the bookstore has an "Agatha" movie poster...

In this article: Steve Hamilton, Loren D. Estleman, Michigan, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington