CBR Bingo: Cozy Once a man is imbued with the idea that he knows who ought to be allowed to live and who ought not—then he is halfway to becoming the most dangerous killer there is—the arrogant criminal who kills not for profit—but for an idea. Agatha Christie’s Cards on the Table is a pretty good cozy mystery. A Mephistophelean host, Mr. Shaitana, invites what he purports are four murderers who got away with their crimes to dinner. He also invites four sleuths, including Hercule […]

CBR Bingo: Elephant I am an Agatha Christie freak. I love everything she’s ever written and have read almost all of her books. One of her most famous books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, is known for its ingenious twist. For many years I was excited to read the book. One day I was browsing my mother’s books, when I found a guide to all of Christie’s novels—basically a reading list, in the order they were written and in some cases the order they should […]