"Bloody Lady Agatha": The Dark Childhood Imagination that Shaped Agatha Christie's Fiction
An excerpt from Agatha Christie, The Mother of the Cozy Mystery by Nancy West
By Nancy West | July 15, 2026
The Secret Queer True Crime History Behind the Victorian Era's Other Sherlock Holmes
E.W. Hornung's Raffles stories —he was the original Gentleman thief, and for fifty years as popular as Sherlock — are almost entirely forgotten outside specialist circles, yet they contain one of Victorian literature's most compelling implicit queer relationships. I've revived this pairing in my new novel 'The Great Game' and here's why.
By Arvind Ethan David | July 15, 2026
Miranda Smith's 6 Favorite Novels to Pair with Alfred Hitchcock Films
What to read if you love Psycho, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, and other iconic flicks
By Miranda Smith | July 15, 2026
Surfing, Bananas, and Runners: Agatha Christie's Grand Year of International Travel
By Nancy West | July 14, 2026
Jo Piazza on Writing Convincing Art Heists and Museum Mysteries
By Jo Piazza | July 14, 2026
Araminta Hall's 8 Favorite Novels Featuring Unreliable Narrators
By Araminta Hall | July 14, 2026
By Olivia Rutigliano | July 13, 2026
