Agatha Christie helped to launch the historical mystery sub-genre with DEATH COMES AS THE END (1944). The woman was a true innovator.
Episode 110: Death Comes as the End – Agatha Christie and the Historical Fiction Mystery Novel
Agatha Christie helped to launch the historical mystery sub-genre with DEATH COMES AS THE END (1944). The woman was a true innovator.
DEATH COMES AS THE END (1944) by Agatha Christie is set in 2000 BC! We know. It’s so awesome we can’t stand it.
It’s our 2025 year in review. Check out the best mysteries and thrillers from 1939-1943! Listen in — and stay mysterious.
Introducing our 2026 reading list! The best mysteries from 1943-1948! Check it out!
Special guest Shana Kelly joins us to discuss Daphne du Maurier’s thrilling 1938 masterpiece.
Special guest Shana Kelly joins us to discuss Daphne du Maurier’s thrilling 1938 masterpiece.
Sarah, Carolyn, and guest Nate Harrison find Dr. Edmund Bickleigh entertaining, confusing, and terrifying. He has an inferiority complex with a big, whopping side of superiority. I guess everyone has truths that they hide from the world. What are we each hiding? And why?
Nate Harrison joins Sarah and Carolyn to discuss superman complexes, people who murder their spouses, and reasons why no one should ever eat a potted meat sandwich. Malice Aforethought ranks #16 in the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers’ Association). It’s worth a go!