The Man in the Queue (1929) by Gordon Daviot (Joesephine Tey) . Tey’s first detective novel, featuring Inspector Alan Grant, and her most c...

What is it about golden age mysteries set on trains? I have two theories. The first is my scholarly view: we have to put these 'transpor...

A few years ago, researching for my PhD on Agatha Christie and queer theory, I came across some entertainingly pithy reviews in a 1950s tabl...

Death on the Cherwell (1935) by Mavis Doriel Hay.  A whodunit published in the same year as Sayers’ Gaudy Night and, like that novel, se...

A couple of months ago, Sophie Hannah wrote a piece for The Guardian describing her ‘top ten twists in fiction’ . I was slightly embarra...

Alternative title for this blog post: Unpopular Opinion Time! Maria Lang (1914-1991) has been described as ‘Sweden’s Agatha Christie’ and a...

Happy birthday, Agatha Christie! The grand dame of crime fiction turns 127 today (15 September), and as a birthday treat – because I’m sure...