Category: Agatha Christie
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The Invisible Case
Heartbreaking tragedy or cold-blooded murder… It’s Easter 1970 in the seaside town of Tamarisk Bay. Amateur sleuth and professional librarian, Janie Juke, is settling into motherhood and some quality time with her family. When her Aunt Jessica is due back from Rome after nine years travelling around Europe, she arrives back in town with a…
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What makes a great author?
I’ve been finding out more about that wonderful Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. Having just read her biography, I have discovered some interesting facts about her. Here are some of them: her ideas for plots, characters and settings came in a random way – she filled numerous notebooks, but there was no order or organisation…
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Tamarisk Bay!
At last, readers of the Janie Juke mystery series can find their way around Janie’s home town of Tamarisk Bay with the aid of this wonderful map. For those of you who live in Sussex, see if you can spot some familiar landmarks! Look out for the second edition of The Tapestry Bag and Lost…
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Agatha Christie’s secrets
I’m continuing to follow the trail of Agatha Christie! (while channelling Janie Juke, of course!) I have come across a fascinating book, entitled: Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks. The author, John Curran, had the great fortune to have ‘unfettered access’ to all of Agatha Christie’s papers, as well as the hospitality of her grandson, Mathew Pritchard. …
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On the trail of Agatha Christie
In the Janie Juke mystery series, my protagonist, Janie, refers to her passion for Agatha Christie novels. In particular, Janie loves the stories featuring Hercule Poirot and has learned many of her investigative skills from him. As she tackles the mysteries occurring in Tamarisk Bay, she draws on many of Poirot’s techniques to follow the…
Isabella Muir 