Mostly Agatha

 

Via the Official Agatha Christie Site:

 

 Little Miss Marple and Mr Poirot

Time to introduce your small readers to Agatha Christie!  

 Currently available in the UK, I'm sure these will be available in the US before you can say "Poirot".  I did note they are on Amazon UK and am pretty sure you can log in there and order.

 https://www.agathachristie.com/mr-poirot-and-little-miss-marple 

 

Agatha Coloring Pages 

There are also coloring pages to download with these characters!

https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2025/mr-poirot-and-little-miss-marple-colouring-sheets 

 

Agatha Jigsaw Puzzle 

Here's a fun online Agatha puzzle based on a book by Sophie Hannah.  Just follow the link below and drag the pieces around.

https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2025/the-last-death-of-the-year-a-puzzle 

 

 

 

All About Agatha Podcast

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie/ 

Hosted by Kemper Donovan (and formerly co-hosted with Catherine Brobeck before her demise), I listened to recent episodes featuring interviews with Maureen Johnson and Riley Sager.  The discussion was tidily wrapped back to how Christie influenced the authors, and what in their recent novels was inspired by Agatha.   I really enjoyed hearing from these authors, and may go back to the beginning where the two hosts discuss Agatha's novels one by one.

 

Reading Poirot In Publication Order

 

 In 2021 or 2022, I decided to read all of the Poirot books in publication order, reading one book a month.  I wanted to see how the character developed over time, and how Christie's writing might have changed.  I'm ready to go back to the list, but what I've read so far is all over the place, time wise, after searching for his books in publication order.  I've decided to use the Official Agatha Christie site's list (the site from which most of this post is taken) and work from where I left off, filling in any blanks.  Luckily for me I purchased copies of the books as I went along, so I can just look at my shelf to eliminate what I've already read.  I'm not doing short story collections at this time, just novels.  Onward!

Book Notes March 29, 2022

It seems I missed a new jigsaw puzzle on the Agatha Christie Official site.  Just click the link to give it a try.

https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2022/a-deadly-affair-a-puzzle

 

Check the sidebar for a new link list of Mystery news and review sites.  These are my favorites and a few new to me sites.  Look for this old magazine cover as you scroll down.

CrimeReads new books for the week i out with some interesting choices.  Don't jusge a book, and all that, but I like the cover of the Orchid and the Emerald quite a bit.

https://crimereads.com/10-new-books-coming-out-this-week-march-28-2022/

 

 

Well, doh, of course you spend time in the book worlds.

Slow news week!

Sunday Puzzles: Our First Jigsaw

 It's week five in our puzzle rotation.  I hope I've found a puzzle maker that will allow you to play a jigsaw puzzle here on DOA Central.  I'm having trouble with this so if you don't see a cat puzzle below the cat picture, well, enjoy the cat :)