Agatha Christie

CIS: A classic revisited - And Then There Were None

By MarinaSofia

7 September, 2015

This classic novel doesn’t need much by way of introduction – it’s just been voted the most popular Agatha Christie book ever. With over 100 million copies sold worldwide, it’s said to be the best-selling crime novel of all time and is generally regarded as…

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Vicki Weisfeld: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

By Vicki Weisfeld

19 June, 2015

Today, our contributor Vicki Weisfeld tells us how she got hooked on crime fiction. You can read what our other contributors have said here. Three big reasons account for my love of crime fiction: early exposure, constant reading, and better and better stories from the…

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Agatha Christie photo exhibition

By crimefictionlover

17 June, 2015

Fans of the Golden Age, Poirot and Marple – note the date 26 August in your diary. No, they haven’t dug up a nearly finished early manuscript by the great Agatha Christie to publish anew, but they have found a treasure trove of photos of the…

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NagaiSayonara: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

By nagaisayonara

13 June, 2015

Two years ago, we asked all our contributors to think about the five books that got them hooked on crime fiction. You can see what everyone said here. But since 2013 we’ve had new joiners and their favourites haven’t been honoured. So we’re going to…

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The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

By Andre

15 May, 2015

Britain’s Golden Age of detective fiction produced some of the greatest and most enduring crime writers, including Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Dorothy L Sayers. “The crime novel, like the world itself, is ruled by the English,” said Bertolt Brecht during this period. For readers…

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Peter James voted best crime author

By DeathBecomesHer

20 February, 2015

Brighton author Peter James has been chosen as the best crime author of all time in a poll run on WH Smith’s blog. The author of books such as Dead Simple, Looking Good Dead and Dead Man’s Time pipped other famous writers like James Patterson,…

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Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

By DavidPrestidge

27 January, 2015

One of this month’s big crime releases is The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. And when you think about it, railways have often featured as a backdrop in crime fiction. Murder on the Orient Express is, perhaps, the archetypal Golden Age crime novel,…

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NTN: Mrs Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger

By DeathBecomesHer

20 November, 2014

Not all crime books have to be gory, graphic or downright dangerous. For example, Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries tend to tax the brain without unsettling the stomach, while Alexander McCall Smith’s No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books feature a traditionally built female sleuth whose most potent…

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CIS: A classic revisited - And Then There Were None

Vicki Weisfeld: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

Agatha Christie photo exhibition

NagaiSayonara: The five books that got me hooked on crime fiction

The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

Peter James voted best crime author

Express train to death - Railways in crime fiction

NTN: Mrs Kaplan and the Matzoh Ball of Death by Mark Reutlinger

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