Tag: crime
Donnie Brasco – Film Review
After re-watching the first three seasons of Fargo, I still had a craving for some crime drama. This 1997 movie, based on a true story of an FBI agent who infiltrated a New York City Mafia family during the 1970s, more than satisfied it.
Mr Mercedes by Stephen King – Book Review
Stephen King’s supernatural-free foray into crime fiction may not offer anything new, but I still enjoyed his take on a good old-fashioned thriller.
12 Angry Men (1957) – Film Review
This blistering courtroom drama from director Sidney Lumet held me in such thrall from start to finish I didn’t dare pause it once.
The Dry by Jane Harper – Book Review
I haven’t read Australian fiction in a while, and I quite enjoyed this solid, well-written crime novel set in regional Victoria during an unrelenting drought.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – Book Review
I did it: after five and a half years, and eighty novels and short story collections, I’ve finished my Agatha Christie re-readathon with the Poirot mystery that started it all.
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie – Book Review
The Queen of Crime brings down the curtain on life and work of Hercule Poirot in this melancholy finale that does give her most famous creation a dramatic and memorable send-off.
The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie – Book Review
I assumed I was done with Christie’s short stories, but I was wrong: there remained twelve more tales of intrigue to finish, which mostly land on the fun and frothy end.
The Clocks by Agatha Christie – Book Review
An odd mix of murder mystery and spy intrigue, The Clocks is a bit overstuffed and rough around the edges, but Christie’s light touch and humour make this uneven novel very enjoyable despite its shortcomings.
Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie – Book Review
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