If you are a fan of Agatha Christie you will be familiar with her famous play The Mousetrap. I had the privilege of seeing it on stage in London where it is the longest running play ever on the West End, and for that matter in the world. It was wonderful. So, I was thrilled to see that Encore Theatre would be performing this play in November.
I have been a fan of Agatha Christie since I was a teenager, so when I heard that Encore Theatre in Tulare was producing her famous play, The Mousetrap, I knew I had to see it. But it also sparked another idea. I reached out to Encore and asked if I could come to one of their performances and talk about mysteries and sign and sell my Tower District Mysteries. They said yes. So at the 2 p.m. matinee performance of The Mousetrap on November 9, I will be doing a brief talk and Q&A about writing mysteries, and about my books, after the show. I will also have copies of both books for sale at that performance.
You know those questions that ask, “If you could spend time with any author, living or dead, who would it be?” If your answer is “Agatha Christie,” then you would do well to read Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library, the first in a new series by Amanda Chapman.
It’s 1938 in London and the “four queens” of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women’s Volunteer Service to help Britain prepare for war.
Phyllida Bright takes the 1930s London Theater District by storm as our intrepid amateur detective returns for a thrilling encore performance. Colleen Cambridge’s Murder Takes the Stage is an atmospheric delight that pulls the curtain back on the historic West End.
We don’t review a lot of non-fiction here at KRL, but when author Teresa Peschel reached out to me about her new book Agatha Christie, She Watched, it not only sounded like a lot of fun, but also something that KRL’s readers would be interested in, so here we are! I had the pleasure of also interviewing Teresa about the book and I don’t want to give too much away from the interview, so this will be a bit of a different review.
Mystery writer and host of the Agatha Christie focused podcast, All About Agatha, Kemper Donovan presents readers with a true whodunit treat in his new novel, The Busy Body.
I have been an Agatha Christie fan since I was a teenager, but until recently had never read one of her most famous books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. When I was asked to review a new release of the book I thought it would be a good push to finally read it. I must say though, it feels a bit odd to be reviewing something by the Queen of Crime, and a book that has been voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the Best Crime Novel of all Time.
I have been an Agatha Christie fan since my early twenties, and my favorite of her characters is Hercule Poirot. When I first saw that Sophie Hannah was going to be writing new books featuring Poirot, I wasn’t certain how I felt about it. She has now released the fifth book in the series, Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night, and I have enjoyed every one of them!
When a game goes awry at a country estate, Phyllida Bright aims to outplay a cunning killer. Colleen Cambridge’s Murder by Invitation Only is exactly what you want in a historical mystery. Clever and delightful until the very last page.
