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Hercule Poirot

Writing Fiction from Real Life

By Christi Daugherty

March 9, 2020

Late on the night of May 29, 1997, a talented young musician named Jeff Buckley walked into a tributary channel of the Mississippi River near Memphis, and disappeared. At the time, his star was in the ascendancy—his first album had received widespread acclaim. He was 30 years old, dark-haired and beautiful, with a voice that…

I Met Hercule Poirot in Brooklyn

By Richie Narvaez

March 12, 2019

As we filed in, there at the head of this class was someone who could best be described as an older gentleman, in the truest sense of both words. En verité, his head was not egg-shaped, and it was thinly covered with white hair. He was easily in his 60s, had a thin white mustache,…

The Five Best Movies Adapted from Thrillers

By Alex Michaelides

February 7, 2019

I love the combination of cinema and literature. I studied English Literature and was a screenwriter before writing my first novel, The Silent Patient—a psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband five times and then never speaks again. I’ve been reading mystery writers like Agatha Christie since my childhood and I’ve always been…

5 New Books to Read this Week: August 28, 2018

By Crime HQ

August 29, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Hank Phillippi Ryan’s first standalone novel combines with Sophie Hannah’s third mystery in Agatha Christie’s legendary Hercule Poirot series…

Review: The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah

By Doreen Sheridan

August 27, 2018

The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah is an authorized installment of Dame Agatha Christie’s legendary Hercule Poirot series, where the world’s most beloved detective must solve a diabolically clever mystery set in the London of 1930. For one reason or another, I’ve had to put off reading Sophie Hannah’s authorized continuation of Dame Agatha Christie’s…

Audiobook Review: Murder on the Orient Express, Read by Kenneth Branagh

By Danielle Prielipp

November 17, 2017

In addition to directing the new version of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Kenneth Branagh expertly narrates a new audiobook recording of this classic Poirot mystery. Before you read any further, I have a confession to make. While I like to think of myself as being fairly well-read, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on…

Vote for Your Favorite Character from the New Murder on the Orient Express Film

By Crime HQ

November 14, 2017

  Watch the trailer for Murder on the Orient Express!

Beautifully Crafted Leather-Bound Copy of Murder on the Orient Express

By Crime HQ

November 10, 2017

Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries is a beautifully crafted, leather-bound, collectible edition of several of Agatha Christie's best Poirot mysteries! Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian sleuth who was the greatest creation of bestselling author Agatha Christie, brings his formidable skills of detection to bear on three bedeviling murder mysteries in…

Vote for Your Favorite Masterpiece Mystery Series

By Crime HQ

June 20, 2017

  Don't see your favorite Masterpiece Mystery series? Let us know which is your favorite in the comments below!

Watch the First Official Trailer for Murder on the Orient Express

By Crime HQ

June 5, 2017

A murder. Thirteen strangers stranded on a train. One of the most thrilling mysteries ever told.  Based on the bestselling novel by Dame Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express boasts a star-studded cast: Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, and more! Directed by…

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