Amanda Gardner

Adapting the Nile: Branagh Brings Us a Bold Retelling of a Christie Classic

After a long — and I do mean long — wait, during which the release date got pushed back several times, Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is finally in theaters! I don’t know about you, but I was counting the days. Admittedly, adapting a novel…

Amanda GardnerFebruary 18, 2022

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This Rare and Special Mystery Delivers an Intricate, Literature-Centered Puzzle

Liesl, the protagonist of Eva Jurczyk’s debut literary mystery The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (Poisoned Pen Press), leads the stereotypically quiet life of a librarian, happily remaining in the background where nobody can notice her. That is, she did until recently. Introverted and self-conscious, she’s thrown for…

Amanda GardnerJanuary 25, 2022

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The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

"A mystery Mrs. Christie would have approved of.” — Jane Simons, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY —∞— Bridget Kelly would prefer to stay in London to complete her nursing training and aid the injured, but her matron has other plans for her. As World War II rages, children are…

Amanda GardnerOctober 12, 2021

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Reichs Remains the Master of Forensic Fiction in Her Latest Novel “The Bone Code”

It’s fair to say that Dr. Temperance Brennan is having a very 2021 kind of year: that is, everything is a cluster of chaos in Kathy Reichs’ The Bone Code (Scribner). There’s the tropical storm sending everyone, especially her fidgety feline companion, for cover. There’s the concerning outbreak of capno,…

Amanda GardnerJuly 6, 2021

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Laurie R. King Delivers Majesty and Enigma in the Latest Mary Russell Mystery, “Castle Shade”

Detective work doesn’t sleep. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have barely closed the door on their latest case when they arrive in Transylvania to delve into another. Summoned by Roumania’s Queen Marie, the pair is commissioned to investigate the ominous happenstances lately encompassing Castle Bran, a structure with sinister and…

Amanda GardnerJune 8, 2021

Amanda Gardner

Adapting the Nile: Branagh Brings Us a Bold Retelling of a Christie Classic

This Rare and Special Mystery Delivers an Intricate, Literature-Centered Puzzle

The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

Reichs Remains the Master of Forensic Fiction in Her Latest Novel “The Bone Code”

Laurie R. King Delivers Majesty and Enigma in the Latest Mary Russell Mystery, “Castle Shade”

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