Belle, Book, and Candle

I read somewhere recently that American mystery writer Elizabeth Daly was one of Agatha Christie's favorites. Ms. Daly published sixt...

Just in time for the Winter Solstice on December 21, here are the books you suggested for Our Winter Shelf. Many of you chimed in with...

Today, September 15, is Agatha Christie's birthday. I won't give her age as it wouldn't be polite, but let's just say she...

With Magpie Murders  you get two mysteries for the price of one.  The first mystery is  Magpie Murders itself ,  the final book in a ...

I don't read much fiction but when I see that an author I am curious about has written a collection of essays, I like to give the...

My presentation yesterday for the Monday Afternoon Club on Victorian archaeologists went very well. I profiled four 'ladies in the ...

Max and Agatha In my research on Agatha Christie and her archaeological interests, I came across this five minute interview on the BBC ...

I am so glad I discovered Come, Tell Me How You Live  (1946) by Agatha Christie. It gave me a look at quite a different side the famed...

I want to travel as Hercule Poirot does. He travels by train and always sits in a first class carriage. He only stays at the finest hote...

Dame Agatha Christie at her typewriter (15 September 1890 - 12 January 1976) This is Dame Agatha Christie's birthday. Today, her ca...

An amusing look by Agatha Christie on packing with her husband Max for their first archaeological journey together in Come, Tell Me ...