... and this one is by Agatha Christie, who knows her job to a hair. True, the first act worried me. It was clear enough that the too-amorous doctor would be murdered, and I waited anxiously for the shot. It did not come. Mrs. Christie left the man alive ...

... only writer of genius. One of the qualities of genius is that it demands co-operation; you can lose your place in an Agatha Christie and it doesn't matter, but Mr. Golding's books, The Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors and now Pincher Martin are not just ...

... A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED. By Agatha Christie. (Collins 8s. 6 d.) YES, it 's a vintage Christie. Yes, the mur derer's identity remains unguessable to the end. Yes, there are clues and hints which make the reader curse his own stupidity in not perceiving who ...

... ESTUARY. By Henry Williamson. Macdonald 12s. 6d.) PATIENCE. By John Coates. Collancz 10s. 6d.) AFTER THE FUNERAL. By Agatha Christie. (Collins 10 s. 6 d.) MERLIN'S FURLONG. By Gladys Mitchell. Michael Joseph 10s. 6 d.) by Rupert Croft-Cooke A FIRST look ...

... with detec tion as a matter of course. To-day a puzzle-piece, a living anagram, is a rarity, but still a pleasure when Agatha Christie can handle it as she does in The Hollow. A doctor is murdered and not generally mourned. Beyond that I will say no more ...

... Prosecution Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laughton amuse themselves and others in a sharp Old Bailey thriller from the play by Agatha Christie. Blue Murder at St. Trinian's The ghastly girls are picked to represent the flower of British maidenhood on a coach tour ...

... SILKY. By Elizabeth Coatsworth. (Victor Gollancz 10s. 6 d.) A POCKET FULL OF RYE. By Agatha Christie. Collins 10s. 6 d.) COCKNEY CATS. By Warren Tute and Felix Fonteyn (Museum Press 10s. 6 d.) Reviewed by G. B. Stern SILKY is neither a fantasy nor a spook ...

... notably unpleasant man to give away any relevant fact. For J those who enjoy an evening with an animated crossword-puzzle, Agatha Christie is the author, and the Ambas- sadors cast is the best of company let J me mention Jeanne de Casalis, Jessica Spencer and ...

... Its cunning as a puzzle-play is the one thing to recommend this piece, adapted by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy from the Agatha Christie novel. True, there is some satisfactory acting by Barbara Mullen (local spinster) and Reginald Tate (local artist) but ...

... very funny indeed. Two particularly good thrillers are the new Agatha Christie, 4.50 From Paddington (Collins, 12 s 6 d) and Joan Fleming's Maiden's Prayer (Collins, 10 s 6d). Mrs. Christie's mouldering country house and miser s family engage our interest ...

... full-stage set of the Central Criminal Court is a young man, Leonard Vole, who is being tried for murder. He is k created by Agatha Christie, so we can be sure that the trial will have its excitements. It has if they are excitements that anyone in the audience ...

... leaning forward in creased cerebration, seeking the killer of the man behind the sofa. Above me, in the Savoy Theatre, Mrs. Agatha Christie, who had set the problem of Spider's Web, looked on serenely from a box. She has now three of her plays running in the ...