I love how before one even reaches Torquay, the Christie references start popping up on the train journey into Agathaland…. Hope any and all pedestrians mind their step at this station, especially if any vengeful ghostly presences happen to be pursuing them….

View in two directions from last night’s ⁦International Agatha Christie Festival⁩ event… a lively debate over ⁦Agatha Christie⁩’s greatest screen adaptation, which you can listen to now on the podcast! Thanks to the amazing panel, including ⁦Mark Aldridge⁩ & ⁦Victoria Dowd - author⁩.

Lovely time ⁦Bloody Scotland⁩ where I squeezed in a visit to Stirling Castle before chairing a panel with a great turnout! (A gray and blustery day with no rain was precisely what I wanted for my trip up here.)

That is a good trip!

I’ve only just begun the excellent new Marple book by ⁦Mark Aldridge⁩, but I’m certain I’ve already gotten to my favorite part. How lovely. (Cc: ⁦Linda L Brobeck⁩)

I’ve gotten some pretty great listener gifts in the past (fancy marmalade comes to mind), but this medley of mispronounced/misapprehended British household items left for me here in England wins the prize!! Say it with me: CO-burns, BAH-vril… and 100s & 1000s *do* exist!

Happy Birthday, Dame Agatha! (Just made it in under the wire.)

Maggie Smith will be greatly missed, but fortunately we can continue to watch her impeccable work--in @AgathaChristie adaptations and beyond--over and over and over again....

You are absolutely doing it right!

Honored to be in the company of these three other podcasts, all of which I adore!

It's October, which means it's time for a spooooooky Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming #AGhostwriterMystery, Loose Lips, the second in the series! (U.S. entrants only.)

It's the most wonderful time of the (Agatha Christie) year! I love getting my spooky Agatha Christie books out at this time of year and trying my hand at Agatha pumpkins (this time I'll try not to make mine look like Michael Winner!) 🎃🔍

This beauty of a volume by The British Library is what I used in my latest Patreon episode to discuss the ghost stories of M. R. James, who is one of the greatest (maybe THE greatest?) when it comes to such creepy tales.... 'Tis the season! patreon.com/posts/and-then…

When I read this headline, I said to myself, "I'll bet this is Styles, in Sunningdale." Because there are so many houses to choose from where Agatha Christie is concerned. And wouldn't you know.... #cursedhouse dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

ALL ABOUT AGATHA X THE SWINGING CHRISTIES. It's like an Avengers Assemble for the whodunnit world!!! open.spotify.com/episode/20wxze… We had such a great time chatting with Kemper All About Agatha about how we'd RANK the Swinging Christies novels! #AgathaChristie #SwingingChristies

ICYM our crossover episode with All About Agatha - here are our Swinging rankings! You can hear the episode here open.spotify.com/episode/20wxze… Please feel free to debate and disagree in the comments below! ⬇️ #AgathaChristie #Bertrologising #Frankfologist

I still say that ranking By the Pricking of My Thumbs higher than The Pale Horse is *MADNESS.* But I am outvoted here, so perhaps I need to reconsider? Are there other #Prickologists out there? (Hm, that designation needs some work.)

A fellow #CatPigeonFancier! Gratifying!

Oof, fresh proof that the snobbery where @AgathaChristie is concerned is alive and well. Perhaps it's worth interrogating more deeply *why* and *how* Christie's output is as enduring as it is? Who’s Afraid of William Shakespeare? nytimes.com/2024/10/21/opi…