Top Ten Agatha Christie Novels (Author Radha Vastal with her the top ten Agatha Christie novels has some surprises for us, but nevertheless gives us a list of books which captures the genius of the Queen of Mystery) This list was pleasurably difficult to compile—Agatha Christie wrote around eighty novels over half a century, so […]
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Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes A Californian writes as a Victorian physician in her new Sherlock Holmes Adventure – ART IN THE BLOOD. Of the many challenges faced in writing as Dr. John Watson, perhaps the most intriguing was that of simulating a medical doctor. We all know the character of Dr. John H. Watson, […]
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser
Private Lives of Great Detectives: From Sherlock Holmes to Spenser In 1973, I met another one-name tough guy via paperback and began following him, this one a Boston P.I. named Spenser. Robert B. Parker “grounded” Spenser by making him a former lieutenant during the Korean War, as Parker had been. The Spenser character already had […]