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All About Agatha ChristieHuzzah! The (Real) Veterans of Agatha ChristieOn this Veterans/Remembrance Day, I begin a two-episode series all about the veterans of Agatha Christie, starting with three real-life veterans who meant a great deal to our favorite author.... You can now pre-order Sweet Spot, the third book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series! (Coming out July 2026.) To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Visit the podcast on Instagram, and me personally at my author website. Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, is currently available for purchase. You can also buy The...
2025-11-1159 minAll About Agatha Christie*LIVE!* Episode - True Crime Queen: The Real-life Murders in Agatha Christie's Fiction (Recorded at the 2025 Agatha Christie Festival)Rejoice: it is time for another live episode from the Agatha Christie Festival, in Christie's birthplace of Torquay! This time I braved the stage all by myself, to discuss Christie's use of true crime in her fiction. As usual, I had an absolute blast. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Visit the podcast on Instagram, and me personally at my author website. Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, is currently available for purchase. You can also buy The Busy Body, the first book i...
2025-09-1958 minAll About Agatha ChristieSummer Rerun - Gone Girl: The Notorious Real-Life Disappearance of Agatha ChristiePlease enjoy this time capsule from early 2017, all about the real-life disappearance of our favorite author.... See (some of) you in England! Details below regarding my two appearances there. I'll be appearing first, in London, 12-13 September, at Silent Echoes: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Trauma, hosted by Golden Age Mysteries and Florida State University's College of Communication & Information. And then I'm heading down to the Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay! My panel will be on 18 September at 4:00pm. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Visit t...
2025-09-0555 minAll About Agatha ChristieClick Clack Click Clack DING: The (Real) Secretaries of Agatha Christie (with Guest Co-Host Helen Frank)I could not be more thrilled to welcome back A+++ listener, and now two-time guest co-host, Helen Frank, to discuss the flesh-and-blood secretaries of Agatha Christie's life. We already covered the ones that Christie created for herself out of ink, so this episode is a completist's delight. So many secretaries! For those of you in the SoCal area, consider purchasing tickets for Christie's adaptation of Towards Zero, directed by former guest co-host Christopher Diehl! To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Visit the podcast on Instagram, and me personally at...
2025-07-251h 15All About Agatha ChristieAll About the Audiobooks of Agatha Christie (with Special Guest Gray Robert Brown)How has it taken me this long to talk about audiobooks?! Huge thanks to Gray Robert Brown, for his willingness to share his considerable expertise on this topic. Thank you also to Hugh Fraser, for the many, many hours he has spent speaking Agatha Christie's words into a microphone. We salute you, Captain Hastings. You can find Gray at his website here, and if you aren't listening yet, please do check out his stupendous podcast The Swinging Christies, co-hosted with Dr. Mark Aldridge. I made use of the website Everything Agatha while researching this episode...
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The Big Four (1927) by Agatha Christie12- The Big Four - The Crag in the Dolomites - Agatha Christie
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2025-07-0735 minThe Big Four (1927) by Agatha Christie05- The Big Four - In the House of the Enemy - Agatha Christie
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2025-07-0732 min2025-07-0731 minAll About Agatha ChristieInterview with Steen Just, Wikipedia Administrator for Danish-Language Agatha Christie ArticlesSteen Just is a Danish gentleman who is passionate about Agatha Christie--so much so that he has spent his retirement contributing hugely to the Danish-language Wikipedia articles on Agatha Christie. I had a great time talking with him about his unique perspective on our favorite author. The following Christie titles are spoiled to some degree in this episode: By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Endless Night, Lord Edgware Dies, A Murder is Announced, and The Thumbmark of St. Peter. We also talk in semi-spoilery ways about The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, and The Documents in t...
2025-06-2855 minAll About Agatha ChristieInterview with Dr. Mark Aldridge, Project Research Lead for BBC Maestro's Agatha Christie Writing CourseThere's a decent chance you've heard about the recent online course put out by BBC Maestro, in which a digitally manipulated representation of Agatha Christie teaches the craft of writing a mystery. Yes, really! I was fortunate enough to sit down with the person responsible for all the research that went into this quite heavily researched project: Dr. Mark Aldridge. As many longtime listeners will know, Mark has been a guest here many times, and his appearance on this episode was just as enjoyable and informative as what we've come to expect of him. Let's get into it.
2025-06-131h 04All About Agatha ChristieClick Clack Click Clack DING: The (Fictional) Secretaries of Agatha Christie (with Guest Co-Host Helen Frank)When A+++ podcast listener Helen Frank contacted me about doing a themed episode on the secretaries of Agatha Christie, little did I know there would be so much to talk about. And little did she know that I would hoodwink her into co-hosting the episode in question! But I'm so glad I did. I think you'll be as well. Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, is currently available for purchase. You can also buy The Busy Body, the first book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, in paperback at your bookseller of choic...
2025-05-311h 24All About Agatha ChristieA Christie for Easter: In the Cool of the Evening by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with Rev. Dr. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson)We've done so many Christies for Christmas, it's about time we did one for Easter. Alas, mutations from the radioactive byproduct of a 1960s-era nuclear power plant did not move me or my guest co-host the way Christie seems to have intended. But perhaps your mileage varies. The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Man from the Sea, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, The Murder at the Vicarage, Nemesis, Ordeal by Innocence, Passenger to Frankfurt, They Do It with Mirrors. Come visit me in the South! (Of the U...
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Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 11: Christmas SpecialIn this bonus seasonal episode, Matt and Sophie visit Agatha’s former holiday home at Greenway, to see what the National Trust have put on for Christmas. As well as exploring the house, they chat to volunteer pianist Simon Arnold, who plays some Christmas music on Agatha’s Steinway piano.
Special guests on the episode are Agatha Christie expert and co-presenter of the Swinging Christies podcast, Dr Mark Aldridge. They also chat to Sophie Hannah who has been writing continuations of Poirot Novels, including Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night, and David Brawn from HarperCollins UK. He is in charge of legaci...
2024-12-2233 minAll About Agatha ChristieA Special Christmas Episode: Promotion in the Highest by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with Rev. Dr. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson). . . and Some Holiday Poems, Too!It's always a joy to have the Reverend Doctor Sarah Hinlicky Wilson on the show to explain to us what the heck Agatha Christie Mallowan is getting at in the extremely personal and extremely Christian short stories she wrote within her Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories collection. Happy holidays to all who celebrate; we certainly know that Agatha Christie did! Please note there are a few minor spoilers for Passenger to Frankfurt littered throughout our discussion, which I did not note at the top of the episode. But there is an argument to be made that t...
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Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 10: LegacyIn the final episode of the season, Sophie and Matt look at the remarkable legacy that Christie left for the people of Torquay and the surrounding area. Through visiting real places in her life, or by being inspired by them in her stories, she has left dozens of places that fans can visit to discover more about the Queen of Crime.
In Episode #10 Legacy, they visit Kents Cavern, Torquay Museum, The Imperial Hotel, Elberry Cove and St. Mary’s Church in Churston Ferrers where Agatha left an amazing legacy in the form of a stained-glass window. Guests include Philip King, Abbie...
2024-10-2431 min
Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 9: FestivalWe visit the Agatha Christie Festival that took place in Torquay and the surrounding area in September 2024 and try and give a feel of the atmosphere for both those who were there, or those who would one day like to attend. We also explore the history of the Festival and chat to some of the speakers and guests from right across the world.
Special guests include Ragnar Jónasson, Lynda La Plante, Benjamin Stevenson, Gray Robert Brown, Brad Friedman and many of the attendees at the 2024 Agatha Christie Festival.
2024-10-1733 minAll About Agatha Christie*Crossover Episode* with The Swinging Christies (!!): Ranking the 1960s Novels of Agatha ChristieDid you know that Superman's appearance on I Love Lucy is considered by some to be the first crossover episode of television? In that case, I was blessed with the appearance of *TWO* supermen on this crossover episode of All About Agatha and The Swinging Christies, in which I sat down (in Agatha Christie's birthplace and on Agatha Christie's birthday, no less!) with co-hosts Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown. Together, we discussed--and debated--the ranking of Christie's novels from the 1960s, which they've spent the past year considering in glorious detail. I couldn't think of a better way to...
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Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 8: IslandsIn this episode we visit the enigmatic and evocative Burgh Island, where Agatha Christie was inspired to write two of her most famous novels, And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun. Sophie and Matt take the quirky sea tractor over to the island and visit the exclusive hotel, which has been known for its decadent soirees for almost 100 years. They also meet the owner of the island, the guest relations manager and chat to one of the regular visitors, who is a huge Christie fan.
Guests include Robin Chambers, Giles Fuchs, Vlad Kup...
2024-10-1027 min
Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 7: GreenwayIn this episode we travel to Agatha Christie’s former holiday home at Greenway and explore the beautiful house and gardens, which tumble down to the the River Dart. We chat to Agatha’s grandson Mathew Prichard about memories of his idyllic school holidays at this beautiful property and how he spent his days with his famous grandmother and the rest of the family. We also chat about the decision to donate the house to the National Trust in the year 2000.
We are also joined by ‘Agathologist’ and author Dr Mark Aldridge, who also presents the Swinging Christie...
2024-10-0330 min
Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 6: TrainsThis episode celebrates Agatha Christie’s love of trains and was recorded on location aboard the Dartmouth Steam Railway. This was a route taken by Poirot in two of Christie’s novels and by the author herself when visiting her holiday home at Greenway. Matt and Sophie also explore some of the more exotic routes featured in both her books and her own adventures, including the Orient Express.
Special guests include Maria Kerr from English Riviera Custom Tours, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, Mathew Prichard and author Andrew Eames.
2024-09-2631 min
Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 5: DartmoorThis episode takes listeners on journey into the rugged heart of Dartmoor, an untamed national park that has inspired both Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. Matt and Sophie visit the hotel where Christie wrote her first novel, before venturing deeper into the wilderness and uncovering many legends along the way.
Guests include Jamie Bernthal- Hooker, Alex Graham, Stephanie Austin and David Morris from Collecting Christie.
2024-09-1937 minAll About Agatha Christie*LIVE!* Episode: Agatha Christie's Greatest Screen Adaptation? (Recorded at the 2024 Agatha Christie Festival)It's time for another live episode from the Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, with a to-die-for panel of Agathologists! And guess what? The sound quality of this one is SUPERB, thanks to the presence of an on-site technician. Thank you to the Festival for making this happen! I hope you all enjoy; I know we did.... I'm appearing at Bloody Scotland tomorrow, Saturday 14 September, and hope to see some listeners there! You can currently pre-order Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, in the United States. To visit...
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Agatha Christie in DevonEpisode 3: LoveEpisode #3 of the Agatha Christie in Devon podcast has just dropped and it’s all about young love. We find out how Agatha came out as a young debutant and after several proposals of marriage went on to meet her first husband, Archie Christie at Ugbrooke House. Special guests include Laura Thompson, the Honourable Alexander Clifford and Dr Jamie Bernthal-Hooker.
2024-09-0536 minAll About Agatha ChristieInterview with Kate Gingold, Author of Agatha AnnotatedIt was such a pleasure to speak with Kate Gingold about her glossary of annotations of Christie novels and short stories from the 1920s. You can find Kate, her book, and many other offerings at her website: Agatha Annotated. You can also find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and you can find out more about her non-Agatha offerings on this website. You can find out more about Kate's talk at the Agatha Christie Festival (and purchase a ticket) here. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. V...
2024-08-1050 minAll About Agatha ChristieWoof: The Dogs of Agatha ChristieWhether it's teeny-tiny dogs like the Pekingese, more medium-sized dogs like the VAST array of terriers who appear in this episode, or large dogs like the scary greyhound who makes quite a memorable appearance, there is something for everyone in my discussion of the canine species in Agatha Christie's works. Special thanks to Kate Jackson and Michelle Kazmer, whose expertise I leaned on in preparing this episode. Click here to visit and subscribe to Patreon for bonus episodes. And I encourage you to listen to my Patreon episode all about Next to a Dog, as referenced in...
2024-07-261h 16All About Agatha ChristieInterview with David Morris of Collecting ChristieIt was a dream to be able to sit down with David Morris, and pore over all the priceless goodies he brought with him having to do with Agatha Christie books, art, and ephemera. The following titles are spoiled during the course of our conversation: The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death on the Nile. To watch me watch two gamers play Murder on the Orient Express the videogame while we discuss all things Agatha Christie, click here. This is the first episode of the PBS SoCal series Won't You Be My Gamer? It was a...
2024-07-141h 56All About Agatha ChristieOverbearing, Rich, and Idiomatic: The Americans of Agatha ChristieIt's time to discuss those pesky Americans who appear in the Christie canon, and answer such burning questions as: Are all Americans millionaires? (Alas, no.) Do all Americans speak solely by way of idiom? (Happily, no.) I was also able to answer a ton of mailbag questions, which involved one hundred percent more Spice Girls than I expected it to. The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Actress; After the Funeral; The Big Four; A Caribbean Mystery; Cat Among the Pigeons; Death on the Nile; Destination Unknown; Endless Night; Evil Under the S...
2024-06-291h 15All About Agatha ChristieCollecting the Collectors: The Gays of Agatha Christie (Special *PRIDE* Edition... with Bonus Jamie Bernthal!)It's raining long-haired, antique-loving, architecturally-inclined men! And a few women, too! June is Pride month for the LGBTQIA+ community here in the United States, which I took as an opportunity to explore the topic of "gay" characters in Christie... along with revisiting an interview Catherine Brobeck and I did with long-time friend of the podcast, Jamie Bernthal. Enjoy, my dears! The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Mousetrap, The Rats, "Death by Drowning," "Greenshaw's Folly," After the Funeral, Cards on the Table, Endless Night, Five Little Pigs, Hallowe'en Party, Lord Edgware Dies, Th...
2024-06-151h 53All About Agatha ChristieInterview with Journalist Karen Robinson on the Discovery of a Rare, Early Agatha Christie ArtifactIt isn't every day a new discovery is made regarding a physical record of Agatha Christie's writing, especially one from her earliest days as a writer.... Thank you to journalist Karen Robinson for sitting down with me to talk about What We Did in the Great War by Agatha Christie... and by others in the VAD in Torquay during the First World War! It was a fantastic discussion. For information about the exhibition in London where you can see this handmade magazine for yourself, click here. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page...
2024-06-0145 minAll About Agatha ChristieTen Little Poirots & Marples: Ranking Agatha Christie's Detectives on the ScreenIt's another episode focused on the adaptations of Agatha Christie: specifically, those talented actors who have brought life to Monsieur Poirot and Miss Marple in films and television for nearly 100 years now. Who will win the title of Greatest Poirot and Greatest Marple of Them All? And how will the rankings leading up to my #1 picks shake out? I surprised myself with a few of my choices here, and I look forward to receiving outraged responses from at least a few of you. Special thanks to Scott Ratner for his spirited commentary on one of these actors, and the...
2024-05-1755 minAll About Agatha ChristieInterview with Andrew Winans, Director of The Hollow by Agatha ChristieAndrew Winans is the director of a new off-Broadway production of Christie's theatrical adaptation of her superb novel, The Hollow. I loved getting to speak with someone who has been in the trenches with his cast of actors and crew of professionals over the past few months, bringing this Agatha Christie play to life.... To purchase tickets for this run of The Hollow (13-21 April) at The Players Theatre in downtown New York, click here. Come visit me on my ongoing book tour for my mystery novel, The Busy Body! Click here for details.
2024-04-121h 06All About Agatha ChristieKlaxon Bell Bonanza: The Actress by Agatha ChristieIf you're a longtime listener of this podcast, you'll know never to trust an actor in a Christie story. So what happens when not one but two actors feature among the rather small cast of suspects? A lot, as it turns out, in this early short story that showcases Christie's unique ability to spin seemingly endless variations on a single puzzle.... In addition to the titular story, the following Christies are spoiled in the course of this episode: "Miss Marple Tells a Story" "The Affair at the Bungalow" "Murder in the...
2024-03-3051 minAll About Agatha ChristieRanking Some (But Not All!) of the Various Screen Adaptations of Agatha Christie (with Teresa Peschel)Quick: what is the best Joan Hickson adaptation of a Miss Marple novel? Or how about your least favorite Suchet episode? If you like pondering such questions, then this is the episode for you! Just beware of spoilers; I list all the novels Teresa and I spoil in the course of this wide-ranging conversation at the top of the episode. To buy tickets to the All About Agatha Live! Panel at the upcoming Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay in September, click here. To check out all the splendid events at this year's Agatha Christie Festival...
2024-03-162h 08All About Agatha ChristieThe Island by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with Guest Co-Host Sarah Hinlicky Wilson)Sarah Hinlicky Wilson is back! And with this episode, she's officially earned her title as All About Agatha's resident expert on Christian theology. I leaned heavily on her expertise for this episode, which involves a lot of parsing of Biblical and even apocryphal references, as we discussed this curious, fascinatingly revealing short story from the Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories collection. To read Sarah's newly published article "Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Christian," click here. To visit Sarah's website, click here. To visit my website to check out upcoming dates and locations fo...
2024-03-021h 45All About Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie's Most Prolific Stage Actor? Interview with Lee Samuel TanngActor Lee Samuel Tanng has appeared in TEN (!!) regional productions of plays based on Agatha Christie novels over the last eleven years. He sat down with me to discuss the joys of regional theater, the particular challenges (and advantages) of pulling off a murder mystery in real time, and of course, to rank his ten experiences from least to most favorite. This conversation was a blast. You can see a collage of all Sam's roles on the podcast's Twitter/X account here, and on Instagram here. Check out the Long Beach Playhouse here, which is...
2024-02-171h 15All About Agatha ChristieAll About The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (Spoiler-Free!)Perhaps it was inevitable that an episode about the longest-running play in history would be the longest episode ever produced on this podcast.... And yet there's nary a spoiler in it; so tuck in, safe in the knowledge that the secret of The Mousetrap remains safely locked in my heart. Nibble nibble. Squeak squeak. Special thanks to my guests Phil O'Neill and Scott Ratner, and to Nick Cardillo and Christopher Diehl for their invaluable contributions. Click here to access the BBC Documentary The Mousetrap and Me, which I reference in the show.
2024-02-034h 11All About Agatha ChristiePutting On an Agatha Christie Play (with Three Guest Co-Hosts)I've talked a bunch--especially recently--about Agatha Christie and the theater. But what is it like to put on an Agatha Christie play? In particular, in one of those smaller regional/community venues that so frequently put on Christie's plays? Thanks to the three experts I gathered together for this episode, we can begin to answer that question. You can find out more about each of them directly below. 1) Do yourself a favor and check out Brad Friedman's mystery blog. It has provided me heaps and heaps of both entertainment and insight. 2) You can look up...
2024-01-051h 34All About Agatha ChristieA Christmas Christie for Christmas: The Naughty Donkey by Agatha Christie Mallowan (with bonus rerun of Star Over Bethlehem)And you thought the days of bumper-sized episodes of All About Agatha were behind you.... This one might be a bit of a cheat, since it's a Frankenstein's monster (a Bella Baxter?!) of a few different things: 1) a nice long "mail bag"/"housekeeping" segment; 2) a fresh episode analyzing "The Naughty Donkey" in Christie's Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories collection; and 3) a rerun of the episode I aired in the summer this year with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson co-hosting, in which we discussed the titular story of the same collection. So much Christie, so much Christianity, so much C...
2023-12-222h 29All About Agatha Christie*LIVE!* Episode: Agatha Christie's Greatest Short Story? (Recorded at the 2023 Agatha Christie Festival)Get ready for some hot mics: it's time for a live episode of All About Agatha at the 2023 Agatha Christie Festival! I hope you'll be able to share in some of the fun we had down in Torquay this year, because we certainly had a lot of it. Enjoy! Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here. Please pre-order my upcoming mystery novel, The Busy Body, here.
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 25 - The Adventure of the Western Star (1923)The Adventure of 'The Western Star' is a short story written by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in April 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in February 1924. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2845 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 24 - The Lost Mine (1923)The Lost Mine is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in November 1923 in the U.K. In the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine also in April 1925. The story was gathered and included in the U.S. edition of the collection Poirot Investigates published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1925. In the U.K., the story was not anthologized until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
2023-09-2819 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 18 - The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1922)The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in October 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in December 1924 as "The Italian Nobleman". In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2824 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 19 - The Double Clue (1922)The Double Clue is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in December 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in August 1925. It was later gathered as part of the anthology Double Sin and Other Stories published in 1961 by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. In the U.K. the story was not anthologised until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974. It is the first appearance of the recurrent character Countess Vera Rossakoff.
2023-09-2819 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 21 - The Case of the Missing Will (1922)The Case of the Missing Will is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in 1923 in the U.K. It the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine in 1925. The story was gathered and included in the collection Poirot Investigates, published by Bodley Head in 1924 in the U,K, and Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1925. It is one of the early Poirot stories.
2023-09-2820 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 22 - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1922)The Million Dollar Bond Robbery is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in May 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in April 1924 as "The Great Bond Robbery. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2821 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 23 - The Veiled Lady (1923)The Veiled Lady is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in October 1923 in the U.K. In the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine also in March 1925. The story was gathered and included in the U.S. edition of the collection Poirot Investigates published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1925. In 1946 it appeared as part of the collection Poirot Lends a Hand, now extremely rare. In 1974 the story was included in Poirot's Early Cases.
2023-09-2820 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 20 - The Adventure of Johnny Waverley (1922)The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in October 1923 in the U.K. It the U.S., the story was first published in The Blue Book Magazine in June 1925. The story was gathered and included in the collection Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1950. In the U.K., the story was not anthologized until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
2023-09-2826 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 17 - The King of Clubs (1922)The King of Clubs is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in March 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in November 1923. In 1951, the story appeared as part of the anthology The Underdog and Other Stories published in the U.S. In the U.K., the story was anthologized and published as part of Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
2023-09-2832 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 16 - Double Sin (1921)Double Sin is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in the Sunday Despatch in September 1928 and in Detective Story Magazine in the U.S. in March 1929 (as "By Road or Rail"). In the U.S., the story was gathered and included in the collection Double Sin and Other Stories, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the U.S. in 1961. In the U.K., the story was not anthologized until it was included in Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
2023-09-2827 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 15 - The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (1921)The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan is a short story written by Agatha Christie. It was first published in The Sketch in March 1923 in the U.K. as "The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls." The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in October 1923 under the title "Mrs Opalsen's Pearls". In 1924, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2834 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 14 - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1921)The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in September 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in April 1924. In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2833 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 13 - The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge (1921)The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in The Sketch in May 1923 in the U.K. The story was published in the U.S. in The Blue Book Magazine in June 1924 as "The Hunter's Lodge Case". In 1924 also, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.
2023-09-2828 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 12 - The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (1921)In Agatha Christie’s short story “The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor”, Poirot investigates the case of a middle-aged man who died under suspicious circumstances just weeks after insuring his life for 50,000 pounds. Could the man, who was in financial straits, have killed himself to benefit his beautiful young wife? What are you waiting for? The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor is one click away. Start listening now!
2023-09-2829 min
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 11 - The Cornish Mystery (1921)In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Cornish Mystery,” Poirot is asked to help a Cornwall woman who believes she is being poisoned by her husband. When Poirot and Hastings visit her home, they are shocked to find she has died. But is it really her husband who did the poisoning?
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 10 - The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (1920)The Adventure of the Clapham Cook is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Sketch in 1923 in the U.K. It was then republished in a collection of short stories entitled The Second Omnibus of Crime edited by Dorothy L. Sayers in 1932. In the U.S., the story appeared as part of the anthology The Underdog and Other Stories in 1951. In the U.K., the story was gathered and published as part of the anthology Poirot's Early Cases in 1974.
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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot (Audiobook Collection)Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot 09 - The Incredible Theft (The Submarine Plans) (1920)The fate of a nation rests on a lie and a spy. Can Poirot see through the swirl of outrageous deception, lust and arrogance? Would it be better if he didn't? So much for a quiet night in the country.
2023-09-281h 33All About Agatha ChristieInterview with Colleen Mulaney, Author of a New Book About Agatha Christie and CocktailsYes, yes: Agatha Christie famously abstained from cocktails and all other alcoholic drinks. So how was it possible to write an entire book--and speak for an entire hour--about Christie and cocktails?! Take a listen and find out! Colleen's book, Agatha Whiskey: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Bestselling Novelist of All Time is available at all major booksellers. Click here to purchase Colleen's book in the UK, and here for purchase in the U.S. To pre-order my mystery novel, The Busy Body, click here. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click her...
2023-09-1555 minAll About Agatha ChristieAll About the (Stage) Plays of Agatha ChristieOn this episode I talk generally about the stage plays of Agatha Christie (that we know of thus far), but first I do a massive housekeeping segment with messages from all of you. (Letters! We've got letters! We've got stacks and stacks of letters!) It's such a joy to hear from as many of you as I do; please keep in touch. Visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here. You can purchase tickets to the rehearsed (and costumed!) reading of Agatha Christie's version (much like Taylor's version, I imagine) of Towards Zero at t...
2023-08-191h 12All About Agatha ChristieInterview with Julius Green, Author of Curtain Up: Agatha Christie, A Life in the TheatreI had such a great time focusing on Agatha Christie's theatrical endeavors, with the person who knows more about them than anyone else in the world. Come delight with me and Julius Green in all the drama! You can visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here. You can buy the newer, paperback edition of Julius's book (with a slightly altered title) here. You can pre-order my mystery novel, The Busy Body, here.
2023-08-051h 20All About Agatha ChristieSummer Rerun: Accident by Agatha ChristieMy former co-host Catherine Brobeck loved this short story, and this episode about this short story. And so do I! It's also one of the short stories under discussion at this year's upcoming International Agatha Christie Festival in September, during which my co-panelists and I will crown Agatha Christie's Greatest Short Story. Take a listen to the first part of the episode for a sneak peek at the other stories we'll be debating. Happy Summer, everyone! To buy tickets to the Festival, click here. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here.
2023-06-3031 minAll About Agatha ChristieA Miss Marple Nightcap: Sanctuary by Agatha ChristieWhat better way to celebrate Coronation Day than with a story Agatha Christie wrote to contribute to the restoration of Westminster Abbey? (No, really!) More such fun facts await you in this, our final Miss Marple story for the podcast.... Miss Marple is done! Long live Miss Marple! Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page here. Please pre-order my mystery novel! There are an array of links to various booksellers here, including Bookshop, which allows you to buy from indie bookstores while ordering online.
2023-05-061h 00All About Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie: In the FleshDid you ever wonder what it would be like to meet Agatha Christie in person? Well, here's your answer. Special thanks to Yasuo Sudoh, Dr. Ernestine Elster, and Norman Home for contributing to this episode. Please visit and subscribe to the Podcast's Patreon page here. You can read the L.A. Times article referenced in this episode (all about All About Agatha) here.
2023-03-1141 minAll About Agatha ChristieCommuning with Mr. Quin: The Harlequin Tea Set by Agatha ChristieWhat a joy it was to spend some time again with Christie's most dynamic detective duo, Quin & Satterthwaite (sorry, Beresfords). This is the rare late-career Christie short story, and while the puzzle isn't one of her strongest, there's no denying the strange magic of the Satterthwerse.... Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon site. This episode is sponsored by Britbox. Use coupon code "AGATHA" at checkout in the U.S. and Canada for 50% off the first month of your monthly subscription.
2022-11-0546 minAll About Agatha Christie*Surprise* Hallowe'en SPOOKTACULAR: S O S by Agatha ChristieBoo! It's a surprise episode popping up like The Crypt Keeper in the opening credits to Tales from the Crypt (anyone with me here?), featuring one of Agatha Christie's weird tales of the supernatural! If you think this story can't *also* include some of the most grounded elements of a classic Christie puzzle mystery, then consider this the trick to balance out all those treats you've got coming your way at the end of the month.... Happy Hallowe'en, everyone! Click here for a lovely L.A. Times piece all about the podcast, written by Deborah Netburn.
2022-10-2250 minAll About Agatha ChristieInterview with David Brawn, Publisher of Agatha ChristieHarperCollins UK publisher David Brawn has been keeping Agatha Christie in print for over 25 years now. More recently, he's helmed the Christie continuation projects, starting first with Charles Osborne's novelizations, then Sophie Hannah's Poirot books, and just last month, Marple: Twelve New Mysteries, a new collection of Miss Marple short stories by twelve different writers. We had a lot to talk about, so I was thrilled to sit down with him in Torquay at the International Agatha Christie Festival a few weeks ago. I hope (and trust) you'll enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Please...
2022-10-081h 37All About Agatha Christie*LIVE!* Episode: Agatha Christie's Greatest Novel? (Recorded at the International Agatha Christie Festival)This episode was a joy to create: live and in person, in front of an audience and a group of co-panelists all bubbling with the same passion for Christie I'm used to sharing with all of you over the airwaves (podwaves?) alone.... I wish I could say that the recording does the event justice, but it's better than nothing. (Just.) Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon site. This episode is sponsored by Britbox; use coupon code "AGATHA" at checkout in the U.S. and Canada for 50% off the first month of your monthly s...
2022-09-231h 23All About Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Was 1: Curtain by Agatha ChristieSomehow, the day is upon us: the last Agatha Christie novel to review on this podcast.... There is no question this was the hardest episode I've ever done, but also the most rewarding. And not just for the George Eliot and Virginia Woolf references my co-host and I managed to squeeze into the nearly four-hour (!!) proceedings. Much love to you all. À bientôt! Please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon site for bonus content. This episode is brought to you by Britbox. Use coupon code "AGATHA" at checkout in the U.S. and Canada fo...
2022-09-083h 49All About Agatha ChristieInterview with Lucy Worsley, Author of Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive WomanLucy Worsley is an author, a historian, a TV presenter, and she is also one of us, because she is a listener of this podcast (!!) and she is *obsessed* with Agatha Christie. As our conversation will attest. Bonus points for the Jane Austen content we manage to shoehorn in here, plus, this is easily the best conversation I've had with anyone (barring my beloved Catherine) about Agatha Christie's infamous disappearance. For bonus content, please visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon site. This episode is brought to you by Britbox; use coupon code AGATHA in t...
2022-08-261h 12All About Agatha Christie*Special Announcement* re In-Person Appearance at Int'l Agatha Christie Festival in SeptemberI'm going to Torquay, listeners! Or as I like to think of it: Agatha-land. Please join me at the International Agatha Christie Festival for a special, live episode of All About Agatha, where I will debate which title deserves to be crowned Agatha Christie's greatest novel with the likes of John Curran, Jamie Bernthal-Hooker, Mark Aldridge, and Carla Valentine (!!!!). You'll even get to weigh in as an audience member... but only if you're there in person! Wednesday, 14 September at 7:00pm. All other details and ticket purchases to be accessed on the Festival's website here. I hope to see you!
2022-07-0804 minAll About Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were 3: Postern of Fate by Agatha ChristieWell thank goodness I had Caroline Crampton, host of the fabulous Shedunnit podcast, to help me wade through the rather disorienting waters of this, the final novel Agatha Christie ever wrote. Get out your hankies--to wipe away not only your tears, but all the dust and spiders out in the garden shed, a.k.a. "KK." It's time to visit Tommy and Tuppence one last time.... This episode is brought to you by Britbox. Visit http://www.britbox.com and use coupon code "AGATHA" for 50% off the first month of your monthly subscription. You can a...
2022-06-172h 25All About Agatha ChristieInterview with Carla Valentine, Author of Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha ChristieCarla Valentine is a forensic pathologist and a *massive* Agatha Christie fan. These two facts are very much not unrelated, as you will soon discover in our lively and far-ranging discussion. This episode is brought to you by Britbox, http://www.britbox.com. (U.S. and Canadian listeners: use the promo code "AGATHA" for 50% off the first month of your monthly subscription.) You can find more content on the podcast's Patreon page, over at: http://www.patreon.com/allaboutagatha.
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