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Move over, Agatha Christie – meet the new whodunit royalty The Queen of Crime is an inspiration for several of today’s bestselling authors, from their super-lux settings to their locked-room plots House party: the cast of the 2015 Christie TV adaptation, And Then There Were None Since Agatha Christie published her first book a century ago, her crime fiction has never been out of fashion with readers – and yet her fellow writers haven’t always been so keen. In fact, those authors in the second half of the 20th century who aimed to bring depth of characterisation and moral focus to the ...

Article content With vacations to warmer climates not possible and travel here at home restricted, many of us may be feeling the winter blahs more than usual this year. Here at Belleville Public Library, we encourage you to appreciate the beauty of the season with books set in frosty winter landscapes around the world. Embrace the cold and dive into one these great reads that are best enjoyed when the snow falls. In Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, detective extraordinaire, Hercule Poirot faces one of his most challenging cases ever. On board the most luxurious train on the Co...

(Credit: Martin Burke) Ask journalist Erin Coughlin to describe Agatha Christie and without missing a beat she says, “Agatha Christie is the reigning queen of mysteries, period.” Ms. Coughlin notes that Christie’s books have sold some 2 billion copies. Only the Bible and William Shakespeare have sold more. Erin Coughlin will be the speaker (via Zoom) at the Jan. 8, 2021 Friday Night Dialogue. During her interactive presentation, viewers will learn about Christie’s enduring influence on literature, film, television and pop culture. Ms. Coughlin will also talk about Christie...

CBS News Book excerpt: "One by One" by Ruth Ware With a nod to Agatha Christie, Ruth Ware creates a deadly mystery in "One by One" (Scout Press). As board members of a high-tech music firm arrive in the French Alps for a corporate retreat, an avalanche cuts them off from the outside world – and then, they start dying … Read an excerpt below: Snoopers: 0 Snoopscribers: 0 I keep my earbuds shoved into my ears on the minibus from Geneva Airport. I ignore Topher's hopeful looks and Eva, glancing over her shoulder at me. It helps, somehow. It helps to shut out the voices in my head, 

CBS News The Book Report: Gift ideas for book lovers By Washington Post book reviewer Ron Charles:  There's no better gift than a book this holiday season. Here are a few titles your friends and family might love: My favorite novel this year is "Homeland Elegies" (Little, Brown), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar. Part memoir, part fiction, this remarkable book tells the story of a Pakistani-American and his father who have very different reactions to the rise of Donald Trump. In the experience of this one family, Akhtar explores the political and economic forces that hav...