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r/agathachristie • u/paolog • Feb 07 '26
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r/agathachristie • u/paolog • Jun 12 '21
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r/agathachristie • u/BachelorNation123 • 17h ago
Peril at End House is the second adaptation in Hercule
r/agathachristie • u/HRJafael • 13h ago
DISCUSSION With the new Hercule tv series announcing it’s adapting Lord Edgware Dies and Peril at End House, what’s your guess on the third and final story for the first season?
It’s a 6 episode season with two episodes per book.
Peril at End House was released in 1932 followed by Lord Edgware Dies in 1933. I’m wondering if they’re sticking with another 1930s book.
After Lord Edgware Dies is Orient Express in 1934 but it might be way too early to adapt that. Curious if they would go back and do Murder on the Links, Roger Ackroyd, Blue Train or even the play Black Coffee which hasn’t been adapted yet in the UK.
If this series decides to do Black Coffee, it would get my attention as it would distinguish itself separate from the Suchet series. David Suchet did a reading of the play years ago but never got around to filming an adaptation.
r/agathachristie • u/ButtersRulz • 16h ago
I followed some of your advice and I finished The Big Four
For the most part, I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as the other ones I have read. Just getting into Christie. While reading it, after a while, it got a tad repetitive with the constant sets ups and escapes. And the constant "I knew that he knew that she knew and I knew threads But I am glad I finished it. My biggest complaint is the reason for the whole thing seemed like a bit of a bad joke. I just didn't believe that four people could pull off a multi continent conspiracy and keep it all quiet.
r/agathachristie • u/the_amateurdetective • 1d ago
Endless Night
Just finished reading this novel, and what a beautiful, piece of writing. By the time Michael Rogers was writing that letter to Phillpot about marrying Greta, the whole game became clear—it was all a calculated plan by Mike and Greta to steal Ellie's fortune.
But the mystery isn't even the central plot of this story. It's a pure psychological thriller. It’s about the choices Mike makes to fulfill his ambition, and how his greed slowly rots him from the inside out.
Furthermore is it me or anyone else who found plot a bit similar to Death on The Nile?
r/agathachristie • u/HRJafael • 1d ago
VIDEO At the end of the last episode of the new Tommy & Tuppence show on BritBox was a very quick little tease for the new Hercule tv show currently filming
r/agathachristie • u/Odd_Significance469 • 1d ago
The Mysterious Affair At Styles Behind The Scenes
r/agathachristie • u/itsatreee • 2d ago
PICTURE Hercule Badger
I'm calling him Hercule Blaireau (which is badger in french)
r/agathachristie • u/Rubbesgamingcorner • 2d ago
BOOK-CURRENTLY READING Starting this today! (Hallowe’en Party)
r/agathachristie • u/JEZTURNER • 1d ago
Is Conrad in The Secret Adversary related to Poirot? 😂
r/agathachristie • u/DwayneTheRockBarry • 1d ago
QUESTION Does Hallowe’en Party spoil any previous books?
As title says
edit: been getting a few comments treating me like someone who hasn’t even read a single book by Christie, to clarify, I’ve read almost all of them.
r/agathachristie • u/Nick________________ • 2d ago
QUESTION What's the best reading order for these?
r/agathachristie • u/Junior-Fox-760 • 2d ago
DISCUSSION Sparkling Cyanide Theory/Subtext
So I'm not sure if I'm just too cynical and modern but I'm rereading Sparkling Cyanide now.
In the first chapter she just keeps hitting SO HARD that Rosemary was run down and depressed after a bout of influenza. And I know some of it is to explain why the characters all accepted that Rosemary committed suicide, with varying degrees of belief. But it just seems so thin. And Christie keeps emphasizing, over and over, that Rosemary was still run down even after this supposed bout of "flu" had run its course.
Does anyone else think Christie could have actually been hinting that Rosemary was pregnant with Stephen's child, and her "influenza" was morning sickness and her "depression" was because she knew Stephen was tired of her?
r/agathachristie • u/HughO1997 • 3d ago
Anyone already watched Tommy & Tuppence 2026 Tv Show ?
r/agathachristie • u/John-Deco • 3d ago
QUESTION Help Finding John Moffatt’s Orient Express CD
I‘m hoping someone can help me out here. When Michael Blakewell’s radio adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express aired, between 1992 and 1993, it was originally broadcasted in five parts with intro recaps from the character of Monsieur Bouc. Does anyone know which specific CD issue features the complete broadcast with the intros? Or is the five-part version only available on the BBC’s website now?
r/agathachristie • u/sawsan88s • 4d ago
Dumb Witness is a 5/5 ⭐️
I just finished the novel, and it’s easily one of my top favourites.
What’s not to love?
Poirot and Hastings’ fun interactions? Hastings pushing back against Poirot multiple times? The interesting mystery and the thriller elements?😍
The story is also incredibly well written and tightly connected. Every detail feels like it has a purpose, and all the different pieces of the mystery slowly come together in such a satisfying way.
r/agathachristie • u/N3661 • 4d ago
What did he mean by that?
s07e01 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1:12:35
r/agathachristie • u/WolfCine • 5d ago
FILM Death on the Nile (1978) Starring Peter Ustinov and David Niven based on the novel by Agatha Christie!
r/agathachristie • u/Holiday_Orchid9641 • 4d ago
Looking for cozy mystery series
I haven't read any agatha christie's novels but now I would like to read her series someone please tell some of her best cozy murder Mystery series
r/agathachristie • u/TapirTrouble • 5d ago
Christie through the calendar -- October
Earlier this summer someone posted about wanting to read books that were set in months that matched the present time. I thought that was an interesting idea -- there have been collections of short stories issued with a seasonal theme, like "Sinister Spring" and "Autumn Chills", but as for the timing of the books themselves, I noticed that there are several that mention particular dates in October.
https://www.agathachristie.com/en/stories/autumn-chills
Often a book starts before or ends after a particular month (like for Towards Zero, the individual threads begin weeks or months earlier, though they lead up to people arriving at Gull's Point in September). But if people just want a time reference with some of the events, this might get you started. This isn't a comprehensive list, just ones I've noticed on re-reads or on this wiki page I found.
https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/Dates_in_the_works_by_Agatha_Christie
The Clocks (1963)
On p. 5, it’s mentioned that the date is September 9.
Towards Zero (1944)
Early chapters, spring-summer -- arrangements being made for the main characters to go on holiday in September, when most of the book takes place.
*adding Elephants Can Remember (1972) -- it sort-of counts, since one of the events leading up to the story happens in mid-September.
*adding The Hollow (1946) -- thanks to u/vladtheinhaler__
September is mentioned early on, though the exact timing is unclear (probably over several weeks)
*adding Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) -- thanks to u/Dry-Cry-3158 since it takes place at a school that's returning from break, although they refer to "summer term". The specific month is vague though. Colonel Pikeaway mentions the term starts on "the 29th" (p. 32) but he doesn't say the month. The thing is -- while it's not unusual for schools in North America, for example, to start around then in August and go through until the end of the year, I haven't had experience with the British school schedule (let alone boarding schools in the 1950s) so I'm not certain.
https://www.schoolguide.co.uk/blog/school-year-faqs-term-dates-exam-times-and-school-holidays
This website claims that the school year in the UK is currently divided into 3 sections and the autumn term goes from early September to December, until the Christmas holidays. The spring term goes from January to the end of March or early April, and the summer term goes from April until mid-July. So the book could mean April 29th -- it's unclear.
But on p. 50 one of the students mentions in a letter that "Sports Day is June 19th", so it must be before then.
Also there are flashbacks which are happening as much as two months prior to the start of the term, so some events may be happening in early March or even February.
But if you want a "back to school" book for the fall, if you overlook all that, I think it works for the general vibes.
October
The Pale Horse (1961)
On p. 14, an obituary mentions Tommy Tuckerton’s death on October 2, “about a week” after Mark sees her in Chelsea. On p. 221, it’s mentioned that Father Gorman was murdered on October 7. So a lot of this is happening in October.
Taken at the Flood (1948)
The bombing happened on October 5 (p. 7), and Christie states “This was in the autumn of 1944” (p. 10). But then we jump ahead to May 1946.
The Secret of Chimneys (1925)
Anthony Cade is supposed to deliver the Count’s manuscript to the publishers on October 13th.
Cards on the Table (1936)
The card game takes place on October 18th.
A Murder is Announced (1950)
The date given near the start is Friday October 29 (p. 8) and that day falling on Friday actually happened in 1948, likely not long before Christie started working on the book.
*adding (thanks to u/Commercial_Drag134 , u/Dry-Cry-3158 and u/CollectionFrosty4399 for reminding me that I missed this very obvious one)
Hallowe'en Party (1969)
--the title suggests October 31st, though there's some ambiguity. Mrs. Oliver's helping with the preparations for a party later that day, but she doesn't say "today" which one might expect. In fact Mrs. Drake mentions that she's "not calling this a Hallowe'en party". So it could have been a few days before or after.
*adding Triangle at Rhodes (in the Murder in the Mews collection) -- Poirot goes to Greece in October, which is described as the off-season for tourists
*adding (thanks to u/CollectionFrosty4399 ) Elephants Can Remember (1972). The major event that's key to the plot happened back in October 3, 1960 -- a possible murder-suicide of Celia Ravencroft's parents.
November
*adding (thanks to u/CollectionFrosty4399 )
Murder in the Mews (1937)
--the title novella happens on Guy Fawkes Night (Nov 5), which is significant.
At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)
On p. 56-7, Canon Pennyfather realizes that he’s made a mistake about the day — he thought it was the 18th but it’s actually the 19th. November 18 is mentioned as falling on a Wednesday, which is what happened in 1965.
r/agathachristie • u/certainly_imperfect • 5d ago
DISCUSSION Found this review for "Appointment with Death" on Goodreads
gave me quite a chuckle
r/agathachristie • u/Smuttirox • 5d ago
BOOK Postern of Fate: Christie’s childhood memories
Reading Dame Agatha’s autobiography, little details in Postern of Fate appear: Truelove, Mathilde & the monkey puzzle all came from her childhood home. There is even a picture of her brother on Truelove if you want to see it in all its glory! Also, I don’t know if a Dame is called a Lady (formerly) in England but she mentioned being told she’d never be a Lady but then a lifetime later she was made a Dame. Don’t listen to your naysayers as a kid. They can be wrong!