Question of the Week
Question of the Week #42: Whodunnit?
Agatha Christie's birthday is this week (she would have been 119). Celebrate by telling us: What's your favorite mystery--fiction or real-life, book or screen? Do you love Sherlock Holmes? Or would you rather kick back and watch a Law & Order: SVU marathon on TV?
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I love Sherlock Holmes, but I also love Dashiell Hammett's novels and short stories.
Sep 14, 2009 12:14 pm
by emilyyoung -
For a living writer, try Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind. It really up-dates this style of writing in surprising and thrilling ways.
Sep 14, 2009 1:24 pm
by dreamdust -
Sherlock Holmes or any of Raymond Chandler's stories. I always preferred Philip Marlow to Sam Spade.
Kiss Me Deadly is one of my favourite films but I could never get into Mickey Spillane's books.
My sister is a HUGE Christie fan but I always liked the films and TV series more than the books.Sep 15, 2009 8:35 am
by cresswga -
I read lots of mysteries. I tend to read women mystery writers and my very favorite is Marcia Muller. Have followed her series since the very first book. Oh, and Elizabeth George. I gobble up each book as it is released and then have to wait impatiently for the next one.
Sep 15, 2009 12:15 pm
by jodyelaine -
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (but I love all her books) that is just the most well-known, because of the movie.
by dreamdust -
I have a lifelong love of Hercule Poirot and enjoy his wit and intellect both on the printed page and on the screen. David Suchet is by far my favorite. I also like to listen to recorded books while driving and the BBS's versions of Hercule's stories are delightful. However, I may have seen every episode of Law & Order ever made as well.
Sep 23, 2009 9:12 am
by angiewagner -
Agatha Christies' Hercule Poirot has always absolutely delighted me. He's so quirky, almost OCD, with a strange way of investigating. He makes me laugh. "Murder on the Orient Express" is my favorite. Also the first I read. I also love Sherlcok Holmes. I love Monk and Psych on TV.
Oct 2, 2009 1:47 am
by saturntv -
Sherlock Holmes when I was younger, The Shadow later, Micky Spillaine later.still. Now, The Mentalist.
Oct 2, 2009 1:31 pm
by Golem100 -
I teach 4th grade, and might I suggest Skeleton Creek and The Ghost in the Machine both by Patrick Carman. Innovative books that include print and video.
by sfillner