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Indian crime fiction writer honoured at Agatha Christie Fest

Crime fiction author Ruby Gupta, who is the Head of English Department at Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, has brought laurels by being honoured as the International Writer-in-Residence at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay in Britain.

The Times of India · Oct 3, 2022

Mystery of Agatha Christie’s 11-day disappearance ‘solved’ by historian

Writer disappeared for 11 days in 1926 and then turned up at hotel in Yorkshire

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley; Marple: Twelve New Stories – review

With a keen historian’s eye, Lucy Worsley pieces together the queen of crime’s life, work and misunderstood episode of mental illness, while Val McDermid, Natalie Haynes and others put a fresh spin on Miss Marple

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

‘Feminist icon’ Miss Marple returns in 12 new authorised mystery stories

Agatha Christie’s detective faces a dozen fresh cases in newly commissioned work by authors including Val McDermid, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse and Natalie Haynes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

The real mystery in See How They Run is its mishandling of The Mousetrap

The whodunnit starring Saoirse Ronan is a fun spoof but tinkers with history and never captures the unique way Agatha Christie’s play fascinated audiences in the 50s

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022

Why making 'Glass Onion' scared Rian Johnson even more than 'The Last Jedi'

One of the undisputed hits of this year's Toronto International Film Festival has been writer-director Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Los Angeles Times · Sep 14, 2022

Abandoned dogs are being read books in kennels to help them sleep at night

Volunteers have been turning up to the RSPCA's Stubbington Ark Animal Centre in Fareham, Hants, to read storybooks to the dogs waiting to be placed in their forever homes

Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022

‘See How They Run’ review: Why are newer Agatha Christie-style whodunits afraid to take the genre seriously?

A murder at a country manor kicks off the Agatha Christie play “The Mousetrap,” and a murder backstage after a London performance of said play kicks off the comedy whodunit “See How They Run.” It stars Sam Rockwell as a veteran and indolent police detective who is reluctantly paired with…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 14, 2022

Laurie Hertzel: Readers suggest ways to climb out of book slump

I should not worry so much, because reading slumps come and go. But every time one comes, I worry that it won't ever go. What if I've permanently lost my ability to concentrate? This is certainly possible, in this age of ever-distracting social media.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

See How They Run review – a starry, theatrical Agatha Christie romp

Christie’s The Mousetrap inspires Tom George’s fun whodunnit meta-spoof, with Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan making a fine comic double act

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022